Landowner behavior can determine the success of conservation strategies for ecosystem migration under sea-level rise

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 34, 2017, Pages 9134-9139

  Field, Christopher R ^a   Dayer, Ashley A ^b   Elphick, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change beliefs; Coastal resilience; Conservation easements; Shoreline protection; Tidal marsh migration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; HUMAN; LAND USE; MARSH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; SEA; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 85027883948     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620319114     Document Type: Article

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