Engineer pioneer plants respond to and affect geomorphic constraints similarly along water-terrestrial interfaces world-wide

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1363-1376

  Corenblit, Dov ^a,b   Baas, Andreas ^c   Balke, Thorsten ^d   Bouma, Tjeerd ^e   Fromard, François ^f,g   Garófano Gómez, Virginia ^a,b   González, Eduardo ^f,g,h   Gurnell, Angela M ⁱ   Hortobágyi, Borbála ^a,b   Julien, Frédéric ^f,g   Kim, Daehyun ^j   Lambs, Luc ^f,g   Stallins, J Anthony ^j   Steiger, Johannes ^a,b   Tabacchi, Eric ^f,g   Walcker, Romain ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de geographie physique et environnementale Clermont Ferrand   (France)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g Université de Toulouse   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

ⁱ QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biogeomorphic ecosystem; Biogeomorphic succession; Coastal dune; Eco evolutionary dynamics; Ecosystem engineer; Mangrove; Niche construction; Plant trait; River; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DUNE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MANGROVE; NICHE; PIONEER SPECIES; RIVER; SALTMARSH; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84946479058     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12373     Document Type: Article

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