Do prescribed fires in South Florida reduce habitat quality for native carnivores?

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 188-197

  Maehr, David S ^a,b   Larkin, Jeffery L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Soc Conserv Biol the Wildl Soc

^d US Bobsled Development Team   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Fire management; Florida panther; Saw palmetto

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FORAGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PUMA CONCOLOR; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI; SABAL; SERENOA REPENS; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 3242661919     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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