Forest Resource Islands in a Sub-tropical Marsh: Soil-Site Relationships in Everglades Hardwood Hammocks

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 632-645

  Ross, Michael S ^a   Sah, Jay P ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

forest production; limiting resource; marl prairies; mineral soil; non carbon materials; organic soil; resource island; sloughs; soil phosphorus; tree islands

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST PRODUCT; FOREST RESOURCE; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND; MARL; MARSH; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC SOIL; PHOSPHORUS; PRAIRIE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER DEPTH;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955842382     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9433-y     Document Type: Article

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