Modeling ecosystem responses to prescribed fires in a phosphorus-enriched Everglades wetland: II. Phosphorus dynamics and community shift in response to hydrological and seasonal scenarios

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3942-3956

  Xu, Xiaofeng ^a   Tian, Hanqin ^a   Pan, Zhijian ^a,b   Thomas, Cassondra R ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c Cardno TBE   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Fire; Phosphorus; Plant competition; Wetland ecosystem model (WEM)

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVERGLADES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE REGIMES; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL SCENARIOS; MULTIPLE SURFACES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT COMPOSITION; PORE WATERS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SIMULATED RESULTS; STIMULATING EFFECTS; SUPPRESSING EFFECTS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM MODEL (WEM);

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SURFACE WATERS; WETLANDS;

FIRES;

DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POREWATER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 80855139303     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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