Interactive effects of salinity and inundation on native Spartina foliosa, invasive S. densiflora and their hybrid from San Francisco Estuary, California | Zendy

Blanca GallegoTévar | Zendy; Brenda J. Grewell | Zendy; Caryn J. Futrell | Zendy; Rebecca E. Drenovsky | Zendy; Jesús M. Castillo | Zendy

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Interactive effects of salinity and inundation on native Spartina foliosa, invasive S. densiflora and their hybrid from San Francisco Estuary, California

Author(s) -

Blanca GallegoTévar,

Brenda J. Grewell,

Caryn J. Futrell,

Rebecca E. Drenovsky,

Jesús M. Castillo

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcz170

Subject(s) - spartina , biology , salinity , halophyte , salt marsh , invasive species , submersion (mathematics) , estuary , mesocosm , botany , ecology , marsh , agronomy , wetland , ecosystem , mathematical analysis , mathematics , differentiable function

Sea level rise (SLR) associated with climate change is intensifying permanent submersion and salinity in salt marshes. In this scenario, hybridization between native and invasive species may result in hybrids having greater tolerance of abiotic stress factors than their parents. Thus, understanding the responses of native and invasive halophytes and their hybrids to interacting physiological stresses imposed by SLR is key to native species conservation. We analysed how salinity, inundation depth and their interaction impact the functional traits of native and invasive cordgrass species and their hybrid (genus Spartina; Poaceae).

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