How frequent storms affect wetland vegetation: A preview of climate-change impacts

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 540-547

  Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; FIELD METHOD; FLOODING; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650055182     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090109     Document Type: Review

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