Seedling establishment in natural and experimental Florida scrub gaps

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-100

  Petrů, Martina ^a,b   Menges, Eric S ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial gaps; Drought; Endemic plant species; Fire ecology; Mechanical treatments

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIRE; GAP DYNAMICS; REVEGETATION; SCRUB; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

LECHEA; LECHEA DECKERTII; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0037932792     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3557533     Document Type: Article

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