Compositional effects of sea-level rise in a patchy landscape: The dynamics of tree islands in the southeastern coastal everglades

Wetlands

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Ross, M S ^a   Sah, J P ^a   Meeder, J F ^b   Ruiz, P L ^a   Telesnicki, G ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C 111 basin; Coastal landscape; Forest fragments; Salt water intrusion; Southeast Saline Everglades

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905649481     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0376-2     Document Type: Article

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