Leaf litterfall, leaf area index, and radiation transmittance in cypress wetlands and slash pine plantations in north-central Florida

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 257-271

  Gholz, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliage clumping; Leaf area index; Light transmittance; Litterfall; Pine cypress flatwoods

Indexed keywords

CYPRESS; LEAF AREA INDEX; LITTERFALL; RADIATION TRANSMITTANCE; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; SLASH PINE; WETLAND;

FLORIDA; USA;

CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS; PINACEAE; PINUS ELLIOTTII; TAXODIACEAE; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM ASCENDENS; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM VAR. IMBRICARIUM;

EID: 33750841564     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02150539     Document Type: Article

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