Effects of fire intensity on vital rates of an endemic herb of the Florida keys, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-76

  Liu, Hong ^a,d,e   Menges, Eric S ^b   Snyder, James R ^c   Koptur, Suzanne ^a   Ross, Michael S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chamaecrista keyensis; Fire intensity; Fire temperature; Pine rockland; Rare plant demography

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOVERY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA LINEATA KEYENSIS; FABACEAE;

EID: 13744249295     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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