Hurricane effects on subtropical pine rocklands of the Florida Keys

Climatic Change

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-184

  Saha, Sonali ^a   Bradley, Keith ^a   Ross, Michael S ^b   Hughes, Phillip ^c   Wilmers, Thomas ^c   Ruiz, Pablo L ^b   Bergh, Chris ^d  

^a Institute for Regional Conservation   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; FLORIDA KEYS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT SPECIES; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTH FLORIDA; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; STORM SURGES;

FLOODS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

HURRICANE EFFECTS;

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELEVATION; HURRICANE GEORGES 1998; HURRICANE WILMA 2005; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

FLOODS; FLORIDA; FORESTRY; ISLANDS; PINUS; PLANTS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA DELTOIDEA; CHAMAECRISTA LINEATA; CHAMAESYCE DELTOIDEA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS ELLIOTTII DENSA;

EID: 79958811000     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0081-1     Document Type: Article

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