Threshold response of Madagascar's littoral forest to sea-level rise

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-110

  Virah Sawmy, Malika ^a   Willis, Katherine J ^b   Gillson, Lindsey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aridity; Climate refugia; Coastal ecology; Ecosystem dynamics; Environmental fluctuations; Recovery; Resilience; Resistance; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; ERICA; MYRICA; MYRICACEAE; UAPACA;

EID: 57649136404     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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