Fine-scale variation in surface fire environment and legume germination in the longleaf pine ecosystem

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-63

  Wiggers, M Scott ^a,b   Kirkman, L Katherine ^b   Boyd, Robert S ^a   Hiers, J Kevin ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine scale fire heterogeneity; Fuel heterogeneity; Germination; Legumes; Recruitment microsite; Seed survival

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; FINE-SCALE; GERMINATION; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; LEGUMES; LONGLEAF PINE ECOSYSTEMS; MICROSITE; VARIABLE DISTRIBUTION;

CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; NEEDLES;

SEED;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEGUME; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883507162     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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