Winter climate change and coastal wetland foundation species: Salt marshes vs. mangrove forests in the southeastern United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1482-1494

  Osland, Michael J ^a   Enwright, Nicholas ^a   Day, Richard H ^a   Doyle, Thomas W ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Coastal wetlands; Ecological thresholds; Extreme events; Foundation species; Mangrove forest; Range expansion; Salt marsh; Vulnerability assessment; Winter climate change

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; MANGROVE; RANGE EXPANSION; SALTMARSH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; SEASONS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; WETLANDS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS;

EID: 84875844612     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12126     Document Type: Article

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