Tracking postfire successional trajectories in a plant community adapted to high-severity fire

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-74

  Freeman, Johanna E ^a   Kobziar, Leda N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire severity; Florida; Juniper Prairie Wilderness Area; Nonmetrica multidimensional scaling (NMS); Pinus clausa; Quercus myrtifolia; Sand pine scrub; Succession; USA

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; WILD POPULATION; WOODY DEBRIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FIRE; PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; PLANTS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; PINUS CLAUSA; QUERCUS GEMINATA; QUERCUS MYRTIFOLIA;

EID: 79955548784     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0948.1     Document Type: Article

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