Fire in floodplain forests in the southeastern USA: Insights from disturbance ecology of native bamboo

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 520-526

  Gagnon, Paul R ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arundinaria gigantea; Bottomland hardwood forests; Canebrakes; Fire ecology; Hurricanes; Multiple disturbance interactions; Tornados; Windstorms

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BAMBOO; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE; NATIVE SPECIES; TORNADO;

UNITED STATES;

ARUNDINARIA GIGANTEA;

EID: 77749234009     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-50.1     Document Type: Article

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