Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures

MJ Osland, PW Stevens, MM Lamont… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropicalization is a term used to describe the transformation of temperate ecosystems by
poleward‐moving tropical organisms in response to warming temperatures. In North …

Epigenetics and the success of invasive plants

J Mounger, ML Ainouche… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biological invasions impose ecological and economic problems on a global scale, but also
provide extraordinary opportunities for studying contemporary evolution. It is critical to …

Responses of coastal wetlands to rising sea level

JT Morris, PV Sundareshwar, CT Nietch, B Kjerfve… - Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marsh ecosystems are maintained by the dominant macrophytes that regulate the
elevation of their habitat within a narrow portion of the intertidal zone by accumulating …

Managing wetland habitats for waterbirds: an international perspective

Z Ma, Y Cai, B Li, J Chen - Wetlands, 2010 - Springer
The loss and degradation of wetlands worldwide has adversely affected waterbirds, which
depend on wetland habitats. Many studies have indicated that effectively managed wetlands …

Facilitation shifts paradigms and can amplify coastal restoration efforts

BR Silliman, E Schrack, Q He, R Cope… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Restoration has been elevated as an important strategy to reverse the decline of coastal
wetlands worldwide. Current practice in restoration science emphasizes minimizing …

Beyond just sea‐level rise: Considering macroclimatic drivers within coastal wetland vulnerability assessments to climate change

MJ Osland, NM Enwright, RH Day… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their position at the land‐sea interface, coastal wetlands are vulnerable to many
aspects of climate change. However, climate change vulnerability assessments for coastal …

[图书][B] Positive interactions and interdependence in plant communities

RM Callaway - 2007 - Springer
Most ecologists are not card-carrying members of either individualistic or interdependent
guilds, but our perception of plant community organization, and the way we conduct …

Winter climate change and coastal wetland foundation species: salt marshes vs. mangrove forests in the southeastern United States

MJ Osland, N Enwright, RH Day… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We live in an era of unprecedented ecological change in which ecologists and natural
resource managers are increasingly challenged to anticipate and prepare for the ecological …

Exotic plant species as problems and solutions in ecological restoration: a synthesis

C D'antonio, LA Meyerson - Restoration ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Exotic species have become increasingly significant management problems in parks and
reserves and frequently complicate restoration projects. At the same time there may be …

Plant zonation in low-latitude salt marshes: disentangling the roles of flooding, salinity and competition

SC Pennings, MB Grant, MD Bertness - Journal of ecology, 2005 - JSTOR
1 We investigated the factors producing zonation patterns of the dominant plants in south-
eastern USA salt marshes where Juncus roemerianus dominates the high marsh, and …