Dynamics of an estuarine forest and its response to rising sea level

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-463

  Kirwan, Matthew L ^a   Kirwan, Jeffrey L ^b   Copenheaver, Carolyn A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delmarva peninsula; Dendrochronology; Hurricanes; Pinus taeda; Recruitment; Sea level rise; Storms

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOREST DYNAMICS; HURRICANE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SEA LEVEL; STORM; SURVIVAL; TRANSGRESSION;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 34047158194     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0211.1     Document Type: Article

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