Shrub seedling establishment is limited by dispersal, slow growth, and fire in two wet pine savannahs in Mississippi

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Hinman, Sarah E ^a,b   Brewer, J Stephen ^a   Ashley, Steven W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Nantucket Conservation Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Fire interval; Ilex glabra; Pine savanna; Pinus elliottii

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; FIRE; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SAVANNA; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; ILEX; ILEX GLABRA; ILEX VOMITORIA; PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 38349126838     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[37:SSEILB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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