Microhabitat and time-since-fire: Effects on demography of eryngium cuneifolium (apiaceae), a Florida scrub endemic plant

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Menges, Eric S ^a   Kimmich, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b Lake Metroparks   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratiola ericoides; Demography; Eryngium cuneifolium; Fire; Florida scrub; Lake Wales Ridge; Microhabitat; Sand accretion

Indexed keywords

FIRE; MICROHABITAT;

USA, FLORIDA;

APIACEAE; CALAMINTHA ASHEI; CERATIOLA ERICOIDES; EMPETRACEAE; ERYNGIUM CUNEIFOLIUM; LAMIACEAE;

EID: 0029662655     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445937     Document Type: Article

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