Investigating the role of impoundment and forest structure on the resistance and resilience of mangrove forests to hurricanes

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-29

  Vogt, Juliane ^a   Skóra, Annegret ^a   Feller, Ilka C ^b   Piou, Cyril ^c   Coldren, Glenn ^d   Berger, Uta ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Florida; Hurricane; Impoundment; Mangrove forest dynamics; Neotropics; Succession

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIAMETER; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HURRICANE; MANGROVE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 84856111904     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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