Variation in recruitment and early demography in Pinus rigida following crown fire in the pine barrens of Long Island, New York

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 607-617

  Landis, R Matthew ^a,d   Gurevitch, Jessica ^a   Fox, Gordon A ^b   Fang, Wei ^c   Taub, Daniel R ^a,e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Biology Department   (United States)

^d MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown fire; Demographic variation; Dwarf pine plains; Pine seedling growth; Plant demography; Recruitment limitation; Seedling recruitment; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PINUS RIGIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA;

EID: 20444398177     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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