Assessing vegetation change in coastal landscapes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1057-1070

  Shirley, Laura J ^a   Battaglia, Loretta L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Landscape ecology; National Wetlands Inventory; Sea level rise; Vegetation change; Wetland upland transitions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFER ZONE; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WETLAND; GIS; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; OPEN WATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ALABAMA; GRAND BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE; JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL PARK; LOUISIANA; MANDALAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; MISSISSIPPI; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEEKS BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE;

EID: 34248549931     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[1057:AVCICL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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