The impact of Hurricane Frances (2004) on the invasive Australian pine (Casuarina equisetifolia L.) on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-376

  Rodgers III, John C ^a   Gamble, Douglas W ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian pine; Casuarina equisetifolia; Hurricane impact; The Bahamas

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; STORM DAMAGE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SAN SALVADOR [BAHAMAS];

CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA;

EID: 53949120888     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/08-RA-016.1     Document Type: Article

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