Effects of drainage, fire exclusion, and time-since-fire on endemic cutthroat grass communities in central Florida

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-11

  Yahr, Rebecca ^a,b   Menges, Eric S ^a   Berry, Dawn ^a,c  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutthroat grass; Endemic species; Fire; Grasslands; Management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRAINAGE; FIRE; GRASS;

UNITED STATES;

AMADINA FASCIATA; PANICUM ABSCISSUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 0033951893     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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