Seed production of Spartina alterniflora and its response of germination to temperature at Chongming Dongtan, Shanghai
上海崇明东滩互花米草种子产量及其萌发对温度的响应

The Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve,one of the largest nature reserves for migratory birds in East Asia,is located on Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River.Since Spartina alterniflora was introduced into the Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve in 1995,there has been a rapid expansion of this species,seriously threatening the overall biodiversity.The exotic plant S.alterniflora has expanded rapidly and formed a large area of mono-dominant community at Chongming Dongtan by its fast sexual reproduct...