Long-term effects of dormant-season prescribed fire on plant community diversity, structure and productivity in a longleaf pine wiregrass ecosystem

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 167-183

  Brockway, Dale G ^a   Lewis, Clifford E ^a,b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Chipola Junior College   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristida stricta Michx; Ilex glabra (L) A. Gray; Pinus palustris Mill; Sporobolus curtissii (Vasey) Small ex Scribn; Vaccinium myrsinites Lam. flatwoods

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LONGLEAF PINE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED FIRE; PRODUCTIVITY; WIREGRASS;

USA, GEORGIA, COASTAL PLAIN;

ANDROPOGON; ARISTIDA STRICTA; ILEX; ILEX GLABRA; PINACEAE; PINUS PALUSTRIS; POACEAE; SPOROBOLUS CURTISSI; SPOROBOLUS CURTISSII; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRSINITES;

EID: 0030824044     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03939-4     Document Type: Article

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