Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea-level rise and storms

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 913-918

  Arkema, Katie K ^a   Guannel, Greg ^a   Verutes, Gregory ^a   Wood, Spencer A ^a   Guerry, Anne ^a   Ruckelshaus, Mary ^a   Kareiva, Peter ^b   Lacayo, Martin ^a   Silver, Jessica M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAST; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT LOSS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887164445     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1944     Document Type: Article

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