Mandai mangrove, Singapore: Lessons for the conservation of Southeast Asia's mangroves

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.25, 2012, Pages 55-65

  Friess, D A ^a   Phelps, J ^a   Leong, R C ^a   Lee, W K ^a   Wee, A K S ^a   Sivasothi, N ^a   Oh, R R Y ^a   Webb, E L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Ecology; Erosion; Gene flow; Reclamation; Sea level rise; Taxonomy; Threat; Wetland

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84865971927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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