Species-centered environmental analysis: Indirect effects of fire history on Red-cockaded Woodpeckers

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-129

  James, Frances C ^a   Hess, Charles A ^a   Kufrin, Dubravka ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalachicola National Forest; Fire; Indirect effects; Longleaf pine; Multiple regression; Red cockaded Woodpecker; Species centered Environmental Analysis (SCEA)

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; LONGLEAF PINE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER;

USA, FLORIDA, APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST;

PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINACEAE; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0030616817     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0118:SCEAIE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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