Rémi Bardou

1 Introduction Climate change is driving range shifts of numerous marine, freshwater, and terrestrial organisms (Rosenzweig et al. 2008; Chen et al. 2011; Lenoir and Svenning 2015), which is altering the structure and function of ecosystems globally (Hoegh-Guldberg and Bruno 2010; Nolan et al. 2018).

The climate change-induced transition from grass-dominated marshes to woody-plant-dominated mangrove forests has the potential to impact the ecosystem goods and services provided by coastal wetlands. To better anticipate and prepare for these impacts, there is a need to advance understanding of future changes in mangrove distribution and coastal wetland vegetation structural properties due to warming winters. Southeastern United States. Recent (1981–2010) and future (2071–2100).

1 INTRODUCTION In recent decades, the impacts of global climate change have become increasingly defined and of concern, causing shifts in the geographical distribution and abundance of species and associated ecosystem properties (Chen et al., 2011; Pecl et al., 2017; Rosenzweig et al., 2008). The direction of climate-driven range shifts across latitude and elevation is often predictable.