Restoring Aristida stricta to Pinus palustris ecosystems on the Atlantic Coastal Plain, U.S.A.

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 262-270

  Outcalt, Kenneth W ^a   Williams, Marcus E ^b   Onokpise, Oghenekome ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

ARISTIDA STRICTA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0033388673     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.72019.x     Document Type: Article

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