Stand structure and dynamics of sand pine differ between the Florida panhandle and peninsula

Plant Ecology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-25

  Drewa, Paul B ^a   Platt, William J ^b   Kwit, Charles ^c   Doyle, Thomas W ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance regimes; Hurricane; Pinus clausa; Size and age distribution; Windstorms

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; HURRICANE; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE STRUCTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

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

PINUS CLAUSA;

EID: 41549102093     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9333-6     Document Type: Article

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