Sea-level rise and drought interactions accelerate forest decline on the Gulf Coast of Florida, USA

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2349-2360

  Desantis, Larisa R G ^a   Bhotika, Smriti ^b   Williams, Kimberlyn ^c   Putz, Francis E ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Juniperus virginiana; La Ni a; Sabal palmetto; Salt tolerance; Sea level rise; Species richness; Stable isotopes; Tidal flooding

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOODING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA SILICICOLA; SABAL; SABAL PALMETTO;

EID: 35348826968     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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