Plant population dynamics in response to fire in longleaf pine-turkey oak barrens and adjacent wetter communities in southeast Virginia

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-225

  Plocher, Allen E ^a,b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dynamics; Ericaceous understory; Fire; Longleaf pine; Pond pine; Virginia Coastal Plain

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FIRE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS SEROTINA; PINUS TAEDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033167297     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997276     Document Type: Article

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