Effects of Human Disturbance on the Dune Vegetation of the Georgia Sea Islands

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-94

  Rodgers, John C ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dune vegetation; Georgia Sea Islands; Human disturbance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DUNE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

PANICUM; PANICUM AMARUM; POACEAE; UNIOLA PANICULATA;

EID: 0036462180     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.1.79     Document Type: Article

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