Vulnerability to climate change of mangroves: Assessment from Cameroon, Central Africa

Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 617-638

  Ellison, Joanna C ^a   Zouh, Isabella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Environment and the Protection of Nature MINEP   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Elevation; Geographic information systems; Mangroves; Pollen analysis; Sea level rise; Shoreline change; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886392742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20797737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biology1030617     Document Type: Article

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