Patterns of succession in forested depressional wetlands in North Florida, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-160

  Casey, William P ^a,b   Ewel, Katherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay forest; Disturbance; Fire; Forested wetlands; Harvesting; Organic matter accumulation; Pondcypress swamp; Taxodium distichum

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BASIN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; SWAMP FOREST; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

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

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSUS; GORDONIA LASIANTHUS; NYSSA BIFLORA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; NYSSACEAE; PINUS ELLIOTTII; SERES; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM VAR. IMBRICARIUM;

EID: 33845744739     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[147:POSIFD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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