Frost pockets on a level sand plain: Does variation in microclimate help maintain persistent vegetation patterns?

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 154-163

  Motzkin, Glenn ^a   Ciccarello, Stephanie C ^a   Foster, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frost pocket; Phenology; Pine barrens; Pitch pine; Scrub oak (Q. ilicifolia)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; MICROCLIMATE; PHENOLOGY; SCRUB; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

PINUS CARIBAEA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA;

EID: 0036065324     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088728     Document Type: Article

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