Extinction, colonization, and persistence of rare vascular flora in the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem: Responses to fire frequency and population size

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-219

  Gray, Janet Bracey ^a   Wentworth, Thomas R ^b   Brownie, Cavell ^b  

^a Department of the Army   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Extinction; Fire frequency; Longleaf pine; Rare species

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES INVENTORY;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0042814872     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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