Bistability of mangrove forests and competition with freshwater plants

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 283-290

  Jiang, Jiang ^a   Fuller, Douglas O ^b   Teh, Su Yean ^c   Zhai, Lu ^d   Koh, Hock Lye ^e   DeAngelis, Donald L ^d,f   Sternberg, Leonel da Silveira Lobo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

^e UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Regime shift; Sea level rise; Sharp ecotone; Storm surge; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HALOPHYTE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MANGROVE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STAND STRUCTURE; TRANSPIRATION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84940026520     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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