Interactions among overstory structure, seedling life-history traits, and fire in frequently burned neotropical pine forests

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 542-547

  O'Brien, Joseph J ^a   Hiers, J Kevin ^b   Callaham Jr , Mac A ^b   Mitchell, Robert J ^a   Jack, Steve B ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COASTAL PLAIN; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ISLAND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OVERSTORY; PERCEPTION; REGENERATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 59049097835     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-37.7.542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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