The relationship between open space and fire for species in a xeric Florida shrubland

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-92

  Hawkes, Christine V ^a,b   Menges, Eric S ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemic; Florida; Gaps; Open space; Rosemary; Scrub; Shrubland; Time since fire

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844320387     PISSN: 00409618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2996065     Document Type: Article

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