A model of geographical, environmental and regional variation in vegetation composition of pyrogenic grasslands of Florida

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1600-1612

  Carr, Susan C ^a,e   Robertson, Kevin M ^b   Platt, William J ^c   Peet, Robert K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Tall Timber Research Station   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic variation; Edaphic variation; Environmental vegetation model; Florida; Floristic variation; Grasslands; Spatial variation; Species composition; USA; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASSLAND; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

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

EID: 67650941656     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02085.x     Document Type: Article

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