Spatial pattern and composition of the Florida scrub seed bank and vegetation along an anthropogenic disturbance gradient

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-358

  Navarra, Jennifer J ^a   Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida rosemary scrub; Lake Wales Ridge; Mantel test; Mechanical disturbance; Moran's I; Pasture; Shrubland; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ARENICOLA; CAREX; POACEAE; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA ARENICOLA; SELAGINELLACEAE; SELAGINELLALES;

EID: 84863478977     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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