Where do you draw the line? Determining the transition thresholds between estuarine salt marshes and terrestrial vegetation

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 153-159

  Veldkornet, D A ^a   Adams, J B ^a   Potts, A J ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biome boundary; Climate change; Competition; Ecotone; Sarcocornia pillansii; Sediment electrical conductivity

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIOME; BOUNDARY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOTONE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE CONTENT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHRUB; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; THRESHOLD;

SARCOCORNIA PILLANSII;

EID: 84961139811     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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