Fire effects on resprouting of shrubs in headwaters of southeastern longleaf pine savannas

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 755-767

  Drewa, Paul B ^a,b   Platt, William J ^a   Moser, E Barry ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bogs; Downslope seepages; Fire frequency; Fire season; Fire temperature; Florida; Louisiana; Rhizomes; Root crowns; Shrubs; Upslope savannas

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; FIRE; GROWING SEASON; RESPROUTING; SAVANNA; SHRUB;

FLORIDA; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0013309447     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0755:FEOROS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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