Mangrove expansion and contraction at a poleward range limit: Climate extremes and land-ocean temperature gradients

Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 125-137

  Osland, Michael J ^a   Day, Richard H ^a   Hall, Courtney T ^a   Brumfield, Marisa D ^b   Dugas, Jason L ^a   Jones, William R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Climate change; Climate extremes; Coastal wetland; Ecological threshold; Freeze events; Louisiana; Mangrove; Range contraction; Range expansion; Range limit; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; FREEZE TOLERANCE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MANGROVE; RANGE EXPANSION; SALTMARSH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRANSITION ZONE;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

SEA WATER;

AVICENNIA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SEA; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

AVICENNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

EID: 85006409619     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1625     Document Type: Article

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