Habitat and fire heterogeneity explain the co-occurrence of congeneric resprouter and reseeder Hypericum spp. along a Florida pine savanna ecocline

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1643-1654

  Crandall, Raelene M ^a,b   Platt, William J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusiaceae; Ecoclines; Environmental gradients; Life histories; Pine savannas; Ring translations

Indexed keywords

BURNING; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PROBABILITY; RESPROUTING; SAVANNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TREE RING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CLUSIACEAE; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM BRACHYPHYLLUM; HYPERICUM CHAPMANII; HYPERICUM MICROSEPALUM;

EID: 84870350337     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0119-0     Document Type: Article

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