Changes in wetland forest structure, basal growth, and composition across a tidal gradient

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Anderson, Christopher J ^a   Lockaby, B Graeme ^a   Click, Nathan ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; FOREST COVER; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; TIDAL FLAT; WETLAND;

APALACHICOLA RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880196814     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-170.1.1     Document Type: Article

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