2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01900.x
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Chilling damage in a changing climate in coastal landscapes of the subtropical zone: a case study from south Florida

Abstract: Freeze events significantly influence landscape structure and community composition along subtropical coastlines. This is particularly true in south Florida, where such disturbances have historically contributed to patch diversity within the mangrove forest, and have played a part in limiting its inland transgression. With projected increases in mean global temperatures, such instances are likely to become much less frequent in the region, contributing to a reduction in heterogeneity within the mangrove forest… Show more

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“…Land use and land cover (LULC) change resulting from climate change/variability is a major concern for its direct and indirect impacts on vegetation cover. This has been studied intensively in several limited regions such as Everglades National Park [43][44][45], South Florida [42,46,47], or specific ecosystems [48][49][50]. However a statewide, objective analysis of vegetation patterns and trends remains to be completed despite the fact that the natural landscape has been transformed extensively by agriculture, urbanization, and the diversion of surface water features [51].…”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Land use and land cover (LULC) change resulting from climate change/variability is a major concern for its direct and indirect impacts on vegetation cover. This has been studied intensively in several limited regions such as Everglades National Park [43][44][45], South Florida [42,46,47], or specific ecosystems [48][49][50]. However a statewide, objective analysis of vegetation patterns and trends remains to be completed despite the fact that the natural landscape has been transformed extensively by agriculture, urbanization, and the diversion of surface water features [51].…”
Section: Study Areamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, ecosystem photosynthesis is inevitably exposed to the damping effect of chilling. In tropical and subtropical regions, the influences of cold temperature are more discussed in screening cultivar species (Ismail et al, 2002), refrigeratedly storing crop product (Collins et al, 1995), alleviating agronomic chilling injury (Alia-Tejacal et al, 2007) and exploring ecozonal acclimation to warming (Ross et al, 2009). However, the possible disturbances of chill to subtropical forest ecosystem have been rarely reported probably because of the low frequency of subtropical chill.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Different from boreal and temperate plants, most native subtropical ones are thermophilic, and fail to be or become chill tolerant (Allen et al, 2001;Ross et al, 2009). Chilling temperature can disturb or even disrupt major photosynthesis components, including the carbon reduction cycle and the control of stomatal conductance (Allen, 2001).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Stevens et al (2006) reported on the role of freezing on mangrove density and seedling establishment, and fluctuations in comparison to salt marsh species. Others have examined the effects of freezing on the structure of dwarf mangrove forests in Florida and how this may change mangrove diversity in the future with a warmer climate (Ross et al 2009). …”
Section: Herbivorymentioning
confidence: 99%