Towards a theory of ecotone resilience: Coastal vegetation on a salinity gradient

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Jiang, Jiang ^a   Gao, Daozhou ^a   DeAngelis, Donald L ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Disturbance; Ecotone; Positive feedback; Regime shift; Salinity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DIFFUSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOTONE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84861670621     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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