Upland vegetation removal as a potential tool for facilitating landward salt marsh migration

• Published in: Restoration ecology Vol. 32; no. 8
• Main Authors: Raposa, Kenneth B., Weber, Robin L. J., Durant, Daisy, Mitchell, Jon C., Rasmussen, Scott, McKinney, Richard A., Wigand, Cathleen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.11.2024; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: adaptation; Aquatic plants; Baccharis halimifolia; Barriers; bird communities; birds; ecological restoration; field experimentation; forests; Freshwater plants; Habitats; highlands; Initial conditions; marsh migration; Marshes; Phragmites australis; Plant cover; Plant removal; Plants (botany); Rhode Island; Salt marshes; Saltmarshes; sea level; sea‐level rise; shrubs; soil; Soil degradation; Soil testing; upland vegetation; Vegetation; Rhode Island; adaptation; marsh migration; bird communities; upland vegetation; sea-level rise

To increase the resilience of salt marshes subject to sea‐level rise impacts, managers can focus on interventions within current marsh footprints or in adjacent uplands to facilitate landward marsh migration. The latter approach may be more appropriate when degradation is severe and in situ interven...