Interactions of large-scale disturbances: Prior fire regimes and hurricane mortality of savanna pines

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1566-1572

  Platt, William J ^a   Beckage, Brian ^a,c   Doren, Robert F ^b   Slater, Harold H ^a,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct and extended mortality; Dry season fires; Fire regimes; Hurricanes; Multiple disturbances; Pine savannas; Pinus elliottii var. densa; South Florida slash pine; Wet season fires

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; HURRICANE; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; SAVANNA;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

INSECTA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS ELLIOTTII DENSA;

EID: 0013136367     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1566:IOLSDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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