Coastal erosion, global sea-level rise, and the loss of sand dune plant habitats

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 359-364

  Feagin, Rusty A ^a   Sherman, Douglas J ^a   Grant, William E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; DUNE; HABITAT LOSS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUCCESSION;

GALVESTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344456326     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2005)003[0359:CEGSRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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