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Tropicalization of the barrier islands of the northern Gulf of Mexico: A comparison of herbivory and decomposition rates between smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and black mangrove (Avicennia germinans)

The expansion of black mangrove Avicennia germinans into historically smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora-dominated marshes with warming temperatures heralds the migration of the marsh-mangrove ecotone northward in the northern Gulf of Mexico. With this shift, A. germinans is expected to outcompe...

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Autores principales: Macy, Aaron, Sharma, Shailesh, Sparks, Eric, Goff, Josh, Heck, Kenneth L., Johnson, Matthew W., Harper, Patric, Cebrian, Just
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30615652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210144