Association of ecotones with relative elevation and fire in an upland Florida landscape

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-368

  Boughton, E A ^a,b   Quintana Ascencio, P F ^a,b   Menges, E S ^a   Boughton, R K ^c  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Dissimilarity coefficient; Landscape gradient; Monte Carlo simulation; Ordination; Split moving window; Time since fire; Transition zone; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; ELEVATION; FIRE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SCRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPLIT WINDOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRANSECT; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PLACIDA;

EID: 33746871817     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)017[0361:AOEWRE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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