Tornado and fire effects on tree species composition in a savanna in the Big Thicket National Preserve southeast Texas, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 279-289

  Liu, Changxiang ^a   Glitzenstein, Jeff S ^b   Harcombe, Paul A ^c   Knox, Robert G ^d  

^a Wildlife Department   (United States)

^b TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ordination; Pinus palustris mill; Prescribed burning; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; SAVANNA; TORNADO;

USA, TEXAS, BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE;

EID: 0030781477     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03705-X     Document Type: Article

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