The contribution of mangrove expansion to salt marsh loss on the Texas Gulf Coast.
Landscape-level shifts in plant species distribution and abundance can fundamentally change the ecology of an ecosystem. Such shifts are occurring within mangrove-marsh ecotones, where over the last few decades, relatively mild winters have led to mangrove expansion into areas previously occupied by...
Main Authors: | Anna R Armitage, Wesley E Highfield, Samuel D Brody, Patrick Louchouarn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4422646?pdf=render |
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