Virtual increase or latent loss? A reassessment of mangrove populations and their conservation in Guangdong, southern China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 691-699

  Peng, Yisheng ^a,b   Zheng, Mingxuan ^c   Zheng, Zhouxiang ^d   Wu, Guichang ^b   Chen, Yuechao ^e   Xu, Hualin ^f   Tian, Guanghong ^g   Peng, Shenghua ^h   Chen, Guizhu ^a   Lee, Shing Yip ^i,j  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Wetland Conservation Association   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Huizhou Institute of Forestry   (China)

^e The Administrative Bureau of Zhanjiang Mangrove National Nature Reserve   (China)

^f Guangdong Neilingding Futian National Nature Reserve   (China)

^g Management Office of qi'Ao Dangan Provincial Nature Reserve   (China)

^h Shantou Forestry Bureau   (China)

ⁱ GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j Mangrove Specialist Group   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Guangdong China; Habitat degradation; Introduced species; Mangrove; Regional extinction; Species loss

Indexed keywords

REFORESTATION;

FIELD INVESTIGATION; GUANGDONG CHINA; HABITAT DEGRADATION; INTERTIDAL HABITATS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARGE-SCALE AFFORESTATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANGROVE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AFFORESTATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MANGROVE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; DEGRADATION; HUMAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES HABITAT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; WETLAND;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84979675905     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.083     Document Type: Article

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