Mangroves facing climate change: Landward migration potential in response to projected scenarios of sea level rise

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 857-871

  Di Nitto, D ^a   Neukermans, G ^a   Koedam, N ^a   Defever, H ^a   Pattyn, F ^a,b   Kairo, J G ^c   Dahdouh Guebas, F ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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EID: 84894176602     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-857-2014     Document Type: Article

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