Drought, Mutualism Breakdown, and Landscape-Scale Degradation of Seagrass Beds

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1051-1056

  De Fouw, Jimmy ^a   Govers, Laura L ^b   Van De Koppel, Johan ^a,c   Van Belzen, Jim ^a   Dorigo, Wouter ^d,e   Sidi Cheikh, Mohammed A ^c   Christianen, Marjolijn J A ^c   Van Der Reijden, Karin J ^c   Van Der Geest, Matthijs ^a,c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c   Smolders, Alfons J P ^b   Olff, Han ^c   Lamers, Leon P M ^b   Van Gils, Jan A ^a   Van Der Heide, Tjisse ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALISMATALES; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALISMATALES; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84962032931     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.023     Document Type: Article

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