Effects of fire season and postfire herbivory on the cycad Zamia pumila (Zamiaceae) in slash pine Savanna, everglades national park, Florida

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 659-669

  Negrón Ortiz, Vivian ^a,b   Gorchov, David L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycad; Demography; Everglades; Herbivory; Population structure; Prescribed fire; Reproductive effort; Seirarctia echo; Zamia

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FIRE; HERBIVORY; SURVIVAL;

UNITED STATES;

SEIRARCTIA ECHO; ZAMIA PUMILA;

EID: 0033859418     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314277     Document Type: Article

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