Post-hurricane regeneration of pioneer plant species in south Florida subtropical hardwood hammocks

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 244-251

  Kwit, Charles ^b   Platt, William J ^b   Slater, Harold H ^a,b  

^a Acaribe Research Institute   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carica papaya; Dade County; Disturbance; Everglades National Park; Gap; Long Pine Key; Regeneration niche; Tip up pit; Trema micrantha

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; PIONEER SPECIES; REGENERATION;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

CARICA PAPAYA; TREMA MICRANTHA;

EID: 0034085481     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00467.x     Document Type: Article

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