Organism traits determine the strength of scale-dependent bio-geomorphic feedbacks: A flume study on three intertidal plant species

Geomorphology

Volumn 180-181, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-65

  Bouma, T J ^a   Temmerman, S ^b   van Duren, L A ^c   Martini, E ^c   Vandenbruwaene, W ^b   Callaghan, D P ^a   Balke, T ^a   Biermans, G ^b   Klaassen, P C ^a   van Steeg, P ^c   Dekker, F ^c   van de Koppel, J ^a   de Vries, M B ^c   Herman, P M J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeomorphology; Flow deviation; Habitat modification; Negative feedbacks; Positive feedbacks; Saltmarsh

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CURRENT VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW PATTERN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRASS; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SHOOT; VEGETATION COVER;

PUCCINELLIA MARITIMA; SALICORNIA PROCUMBENS; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 84870251755     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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