Restoring longleaf pine wiregrass ecosystems: Plant cover, diversity and biomass following low-rate hexazinone application on Florida sandhills

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 159-175

  Brockway, Dale G ^a,d   Outcalt, Kenneth W ^b   Wilkins, R Neal ^c,e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Port Blakely Tree Farms   (United States)

^d Intensive Mgmt Practices Assess C   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon virginicus L.; Aristida stricta Michx.; Herbicide; Pinus palustris Mill.; Quercus laevis Wait.; Sporobolus curtissii (Vasey) Small ex. Scribn.

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HERBICIDE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; XERIC HABITAT;

USA, FLORIDA;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON VIRGINICUS; ARISTIDA STRICTA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PINUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS LAEVIS; SPOROBOLUS CURTISSII;

EID: 0032550321     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00186-2     Document Type: Article

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