Long-term population changes of a fire-adapted plant subjected to different fire seasons

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-273

  Brewer, J Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Fire management; Fire season; Fire induced flowering; Lightning; Longleaf pine sandhills; Seedling survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FIRE; GROWTH RATE; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHRYSOPSIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PITYOPSIS; PITYOPSIS GRAMINIFOLIA;

EID: 33746603980     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[267:LPCOAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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