Use of a Florida gulf coast barrier island by spring trans-gulf migrants and the projected effects of sea level rise on habitat availability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Lester, Lori A ^a   Ramirez, Mariamar Gutierrez ^a   Kneidel, Alan H ^a   Heckscher, Christopher M ^a  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GULF OF MEXICO; HABITAT; HEIGHT; MIGRANT; MIGRANT BIRD; MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SCRUB; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SHRUB; SPECIES; SPRING; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GULF OF MEXICO; ISLANDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84960940087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148975     Document Type: Article

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