Forest resistance to sea-level rise prevents landward migration of tidal marsh

Biological Conservation

Volumn 201, Issue , 2016, Pages 363-369

  Field, Christopher R ^a   Gjerdrum, Carina ^a,b   Elphick, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal forest; Ecosystem resilience; Marsh migration; Sea level rise; Tidal salt marsh; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST EDGE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRESS RESISTANCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84981225522     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.035     Document Type: Article

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