Ecological niche modeling of coastal dune plants and future potential distribution in response to climate change and sea level rise

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2524-2535

  Mendoza González, Gabriela ^a   Martínez, M Luisa ^a   Rojas Soto, Octavio R ^a   Vázquez, Gabriela ^a   Gallego Fernández, Juan B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal dune vegetation; Ecological niche modeling; Foredunes; Sea level rise; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HERB; NICHE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DUNE VEGETATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING; ECOSYSTEM; FOREDUNES; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISPERSAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DUNE VEGETATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING; FOREDUNES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISPERSAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

CAKILE EDENTULA; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA CHAMAECRISTOIDES; PALAFOXIA LINDENII;

EID: 84880134501     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12236     Document Type: Article

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