Vegetation responses to extreme hydrological events: Sequence matters

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-118

  Miao, ShiLi ^a   Zou, Chris B ^b,d   Breshears, David D ^c  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of Planet Earth   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Everglades; Extreme hydrological events; Mortality; Sequence

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOOD; HYDROLOGY; MORTALITY; SEEDLING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

ACER; ANNONA; ARTICLE; BURSERACEAE; DROUGHT; FLOODING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; TREE; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ACER; ANNONA; BURSERA; DROUGHTS; FLOODS; FLORIDA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; TREES; WETLANDS;

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

EID: 58749085557     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593307     Document Type: Article

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