Long-term effects of prescribed fire on Cladium jamaicense crantz and Typha domingensis pers. densities

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-133

  Ponzio, Kimberli J ^a   Miller, Steven J ^a   Lee, Mary Ann ^a  

^a ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladium jamaicense; Florida; Hydrology; Prescribed fire; Salix caroliniana; Typha domingensis; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM; CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; SALIX; SALIX CAROLINIANA; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 1842787539     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WETL.0000021671.65897.0c     Document Type: Article

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