Three levels of monitoring intensity for rare plant species

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-237

  Menges, Eric S ^a   Gordon, Doria R ^b  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

fire effects; Florida scrub; monitoring; plant demography; sampling methods

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; SAMPLING;

USA, FLORIDA, TIGER CREEK PRESERVE;

PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0030303715     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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