Analysis of longleaf pine sandhill vegetation in northwest Florida

Castanea

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-162

  Rodgers, H LeRoy ^a,b   Provencher, Louis ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

ANDROPOGON; ARISTIDA BEYRICHIANA; SCHIZACHYRIUM;

EID: 0032752115     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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