Variation in soil moisture in relation to rainfall, vegetation, gaps, and time-since-fire in Florida scrub

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-386

  Weekley, Carl W ^a   Gagnon, Daniel ^b   Menges, Eric S ^a   Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^c   Saha, Sonali ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Florida scrub; Frequency domain reflectometry; Seasonal variability; Shrublands; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; GAP DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; SCRUB; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VEGETATION COVER;

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

CARYA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 35248857462     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[377:VISMIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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