Floristic Quality Index for woodland ground flora restoration: Utility and effectiveness in a fire-managed landscape

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-67

  Maginel, Calvin J ^a   Knapp, Benjamin O ^a   Kabrick, John M ^b   Olson, Elizabeth K ^c   Muzika, Rose Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of Conservatism; Floristic Quality Index; Ground flora; Missouri Ozarks; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

FIRES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

COEFFICIENT OF CONSERVATISM; GROUND FLORA; MISSOURI OZARKS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; QUALITY INDICES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FLORA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

MISSOURI; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959477921     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.035     Document Type: Article

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