Forest floor depth mediates understory vigor in xeric Pinus palustris ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 806-814

  Hiers, J Kevin ^a   O'Brien, Joseph J ^b   Will, Rodney E ^c   Mitchell, Robert J ^a  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duff accumulation; Fire; Forest floor; Litter; Longleaf pine; Pinus palustris; Restoration; Sandhill community; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEPTH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMISM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; LITTER; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORESTRY; METHODOLOGY; PINE; PLANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FLORIDA; FORESTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PINUS; PLANTS; TREES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 34247211756     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1015     Document Type: Article

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