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Species and vegetation responses to prescribed fire in a long-unburned, endemic-rich Lake Wales Ridge scrub
Author(s): C. W. Weekley and E. S. Menges
Month: Oct-Dec
Year: 2003
Publication Type: Article
Journal: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
Volume: 130
Issue: 4
Pages: 265-282
Article Topic(s): Disturbance
Species Referenced: Polygonella myriophylla (Small's jointweed),
Abstract
Studies the effects of introducing fire to a long unburned oak scrub in the Lake Wales scrub. The survival of 12 endemic plants was tracked and the effects of fire on the composition and structure of the community was measured. Eight of the 12 endemics resprouted and four endemics were killed by fire. Most increases in herb abundance were due to seedling recruitment rather than resprouting.Suggested Citation
C. W. Weekley and E. S. Menges. "Species and vegetation responses to prescribed fire in a long-unburned, endemic-rich Lake Wales Ridge scrub." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130.4 (2003): 265-282.Go back