Interactive effects of fire and microhabitat on plants of Florida scrub

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 935-946

  Menges, Eric S ^a   Hawkes, Christine V ^b  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire and microhabitat effects on plants; Fire frequency; Florida (USA) scrub ecosystems; Gap dynamics; Landscape; Microhabitat importance; Microsite diversity; Rosemary scrub; Sand pine scrub; Scrubby flatwoods; Succession; Theory and model

Indexed keywords

FIRE; MICROHABITAT; SCRUB; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031736165     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0935:IEOFAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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