Mangrove dieback during fluctuating sea levels

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Feller, Ilka C ^b   Reef, Ruth ^c   Hickey, Sharyn ^d   Ball, Marilyn C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DIEBACK DISEASE; EL NINO; MANGROVE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; SEA LEVEL; SOIL; VEGETATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85019262000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01927-6     Document Type: Article

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