Fuels and fires influence vegetation via above- and belowground pathways in a high-diversity plant community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1009-1019

  Gagnon, Paul R ^a   Passmore, Heather A ^a   Slocum, Matthew ^b   Myers, Jonathan A ^c   Harms, Kyle E ^d   Platt, William J ^d   Paine, C E Timothy ^e  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington University in St Louis ^*  (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecological; Fire duration; Fire temperature; First and second order fire effects; Longleaf pine savanna; Plant population and community dynamics; Residence time; Resprouting; Soil heating; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESIDENCE TIME; RESPROUTING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84931562603     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12421     Document Type: Article

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