Late 20th century mangrove encroachment in the coastal Australian monsoon tropics parallels the regional increase in woody biomass

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-27

  Williamson, Grant James ^a   Boggs, Guy S ^b   Bowman, David M J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Climate change; Coastal ecology; Landscape change; Mangroves; Vegetation dynamics; Woody vegetation

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS; EQUUS ASINUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79952036373     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0109-5     Document Type: Article

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