High-resolution tide projections reveal extinction threshold in response to sea-level rise

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 2058-2070

  Field, Christopher R ^a   Bayard, Trina S ^b   Gjerdrum, Carina ^c   Hill, Jason M ^d   Meiman, Susan ^e   Elphick, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Audubon Washington   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Vermont Center for Ecostudies   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

extinction threshold; population viability; saltmarsh sparrow; sea level rise; tidal marsh; tide projection

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION; MARSH; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SONGBIRD; THRESHOLD;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; FORECASTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEA; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; FORECASTING; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84996602570     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13519     Document Type: Article

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