Aboveground allometric models for freeze-affected black mangroves (Avicennia germinans): Equations for a climate sensitive mangrove-marsh ecotone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Osland, Michael J ^a   Day, Richard H ^a   Larriviere, Jack C ^a   From, Andrew S ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRUCTURES; RECREATION; SALT MARSH; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES; WINTER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; FREEZING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; WETLAND;

AVICENNIA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; FREEZING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84903550749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099604     Document Type: Article

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