A structural equation model analysis of postfire plant diversity in California shrublands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 503-514

  Grace, James B ^a   Keeley, Jon E ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Diversity; Fire; Heterogeneity; Landscape; Niche partitioning; Prescribed burning; Productivity; Resource availability; Species richness; Structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FOREST FIRE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHRUBLAND; SOIL BY FORM OR PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; FIRE; PLANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646142776     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0503:ASEMAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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