Sea-level rise and coastal forest retreat on the west coast of Florida, USA

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2045-2063

  Williams, Kimberlyn ^a   Ewel, Katherine C ^a,c   Stumpf, Richard P ^b   Putz, Francis E ^a   Workman, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Center for Coastal Geology   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Flooding stress; Florida, USA, west coast; Forest retreat, coastal; Global warming and sea level rise; Groundwater salinity; Limestone coasts; Relict stands; Sabal palmetto; Sea level rise; Seedling survival; Soil redox potential

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

SABAL PALMETTO;

EID: 0032852662     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2045:SLRACF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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