%0 Generic %A Cao, Haobing %D 2021 %T Dataset for "Plant traits determining biogeomorphic landscape dynamics: a study on clonal expansion strategies driving cliff formation at marsh edges" %U https://data.4tu.nl/articles/dataset/Dataset_for_Plant_traits_determining_biogeomorphic_landscape_dynamics_a_study_on_clonal_expansion_strategies_driving_cliff_formation_at_marsh_edges_/16912183/1 %R 10.4121/16912183.v1 %K Biogeomorphic landscapes %K tidal marsh %K cliff formation %K clonal expansion traits %K Spartina anglica %K Phragmites australis %K Scirpus maritimus %X

This dataset contains i) the clonal expansion traits of three marsh species (Spartina anglica, Scirpus maritimus, and Phragmites australis) at marsh edges in a series of mesocosm experiments; and ii) cliff formation at mimicked marsh edges (S. anglica and S. maritimus, that with contrasting clonal expansion traits) in a flume experiment. This study examined how species-specific differences in expansion strategy, i.e. clonal step-length of laterally expanding tillers, both respond to sediment type and drive cliff formation and persistence.

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