Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves
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Lang'at, J. K. S., Kairo, J. G., Mencuccini, M., Bouillon, S., Skov, M. W., Waldron, S., & Huxham, M. (2014)
Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves. PLOS ONE, 9(9), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107868
The importance of mangrove forests in carbon sequestration and coastal protection has been widely acknowledged. Large-scale damage of these forests, caused by hurricanes or cl...
Effects of species richness, identity and environmental variables on growth in planted mangroves in Kenya
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Kirui, B. K. Y., Kairo, J. G., Skov, M. W., Mencuccini, M., & Huxham, M. (2012)
Effects of species richness, identity and environmental variables on growth in planted mangroves in Kenya. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 465, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09999
Anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity across a wide range of ecosystems are well documented; however the responses of ecosystems to reduced diversity are still poorly understo...
Species mixing boosts root yield in mangrove trees
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Lang'at, J. K. S., Kirui, B. K. Y., Skov, M. W., Kairo, J. G., Mencuccini, M., & Huxham, M. (2013)
Species mixing boosts root yield in mangrove trees. Oecologia, 172(1), 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2490-x
Enhanced species richness can stimulate the productivity of plant communities; however, its effect on the belowground production of forests has scarcely been tested, despite t...
Intra- and interspecific facilitation in mangroves may increase resilience to climate change threats
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Huxham, M., Kumara, M. P., Jayatissa, L. P., Krauss, K. W., Kairo, J. G., Lang'at, J. K. S., …Kirui, B. K. Y. (2010)
Intra- and interspecific facilitation in mangroves may increase resilience to climate change threats. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 365, 2127-2135. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0094
Mangroves are intertidal ecosystems that are particularly vulnerable to climate change. At the low tidal limits of their range, they face swamping by rising sea levels; at the...
Influence of species richness and environmental context on early survival of replanted mangroves at Gazi bay, Kenya
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Kirui, B. Y. K., Huxham, M., Kairo, J., & Skov, M. (2008)
Influence of species richness and environmental context on early survival of replanted mangroves at Gazi bay, Kenya. Hydrobiologia, 603(1), (171-181). doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9270-3. ISSN 0018-8158
Mangrove reforestation projects often suffer from low sapling survival, especially after transplanting saplings from nurseries to reforestation areas. This may be due to the s...