Competition between hardwood hammocks and mangroves

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 648-660

  Sternberg, Leonel Da Silveira Lobo ^a   Teh, Su Yean ^b   Ewe, Sharon M L ^c   Miralles Wilhelm, Fernando ^d   DeAngelis, Donald L ^a,e  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Hammocks; Mangroves; Sea level rise; Steady state; Vadose layer

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOTONE; MANGROVE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; VADOSE ZONE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34648846771     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9050-y     Document Type: Article

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