Vegetation dynamics

King, S.L.; Burke, M.K.; Antrobus, T.J.; Billups, S.

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Intro paragraph: A disturbance can be defined as ‘any relatively discrete event in time that disrupts ecosystem, community, or population structure and changes resources, substrate availability, or the physical environment‘ (Pickett and White 1985). Vegetation dynamics are a function of the temporal and spatial patterns of the disturbance regime. Natural disturbance regimes support the highest biological diversity; therefore, forest management practices that most closely mimic natural disturbances are expected to sustain the highest biological diversity within a given area (Denslow 1980). In southern forested wetlands, flooding is the dominant disturbance factor, thus plant species are usually distributed along a gowing-season flood gradient (Franz and Bassas 1977).

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2000753

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King, S.L.; Burke, M.K.; Antrobus, T.J.; Billups, S.

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National Wetlands Research Center

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English

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The Coosawhatchie Bottomland Ecosystem Study: a report on the development of a reference wetland

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p. 29-31

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station

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General Technical Report

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GTR-SRS 38

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Vegetation dynamics; 2000; Federal Government Series; GTR-SRS 38; The Coosawhatchie Bottomland Ecosystem Study: a report on the development of a reference wetland; King, S.L.; Burke, M.K.; Antrobus, T.J.; Billups, S.