Effects of repeated burning on species richness in a Florida pine savanna: A test of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-122

  Beckage, Brian ^a,b   Stout, I Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; Florida sandhill

Indexed keywords

BURNING; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034143619     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236782     Document Type: Article

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