Altered community flammability in Florida's apalachicola ravines and implications for the persistence of the endangered conifer Torreya taxifolia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Mola, John M ^a,d   Varner, J Morgan ^b,e   Jules, Erik S ^a   Spector, Tova ^c,f  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Florida Park Service   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f US Fish and Wildlife Service Utah Ecological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONIFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE; FLAME; FLAMMABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; LEAF LITTER; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARE SPECIES; RAVINE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TAXUS; TAXUS FLORIDANA; TORREYA TAXIFOLIA; UNITED STATES; ECOSYSTEM; LABORATORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; TAXACEAE; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRES; FLORIDA; LABORATORIES; PLANT LEAVES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TAXACEAE; TREES;

EID: 84905484495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103933     Document Type: Article

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