Proximity to encroaching coconut palm limits native forest water use and persistence on a Pacific atoll
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Ken W. Krauss, Jamie A. Duberstein,* Nicole Cormier, Hillary S. Young and Stacie A. Hathaway 1 US Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, 700 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA, 70506, USA 2 Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Clemson University, Georgetown, SC, 28442, USA 3 Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California – Santa Barbara, Noble Hall 2116, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9620, USA 4 US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, 4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92101, USA
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