Fire-frequency effects on vegetation in north Florida pinelands: Another look at the long-term Stoddard Fire Research Plots at Tall Timbers Research Station

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 264, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-209

  Glitzenstein, Jeff S ^a   Streng, Donna R ^a   Masters, Ronald E ^a   Robertson, Kevin M ^a   Hermann, Sharon M ^b  

^a TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; Most frequent fire hypothesis; Pinus echinata; Pinus taeda; Saturation hypothesis; Species richness

Indexed keywords

FIRE FREQUENCIES; MOST-FREQUENT FIRE HYPOTHESIS; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORESTRY; RESEARCH; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HERB; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERSTORY; RESEARCH WORK; SATURATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THRESHOLD; TIMBER HARVESTING; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TALLAHASSEE; UNITED STATES;

PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80755148636     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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