Effects of re-introducing fire to a central Florida sandhill community

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-150

  Reinhart, Kurt O ^a,b   Menges, Eric S ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristida beyrichiana; Lake Wales Ridge; Natural disturbance; Pinus elliotti var. densa; Restoration; Southern ridge sandhill

Indexed keywords

ARISTIDA; ARISTIDA BEYRICHIANA; LIATRIS; LIATRIS TENUIFOLIA; PINUS CLAUSA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; POACEAE; QUERCUS; SABAL;

EID: 2542542178     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00604.x     Document Type: Article

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