Ecology of fire-influenced Cladium jamaicense marshes in guadeloupe, lesser antilles

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-297

  Imbert, Daniel ^a   Delbé, Lionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

Brackish marshes; Cladium jamaicense; Fire; Vegetation structure; Waterlogged soils

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; FIRE; SEDGE; SWAMP; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

CLADIUM; CLADIUM JAMAICENSE;

EID: 33845762259     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[289:EOFCJM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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