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Litterfall in pinelands of Everglades National Park / Alan Herndon and Dale Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Herndon, Alan, author.
- Taylor, Dale L., author.
- Series:
- Report (South Florida Research Center) ; SFRC-85/01.
- Everglades online collection.
- Report ; SFRC-85/01
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pine straw--Florida--Everglades National Park.
- Pine straw.
- Pine--Physiology--Florida--Everglades National Park.
- Pine.
- Pine--Physiology.
- Florida--Everglades National Park.
- Genre:
- technical reports.
- Technical reports
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 41 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Homestead, Florida : National Park Service, South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park, [1985]
- Summary:
- Litterfall was measured at 23 pineland sites in Long Pine Key Pine Island, Everglades National Park, during 1979, 1980, and 1981. Pine needle litter, at 70 percent of total litterfall, was the most important component. Another 25 percent of the total litterfall was composed of pine sticks, bark, and cones. The remaining litter consisted of leaves from the understory hardwoods and fronds of the herbaceous fern, Pteridium aquilinum. A significant (15%) increase of pine needle litter was observed in 1981 relative to 1980. A great deal of site-to-site variation in all components of litterfall was also found. The spatial variation in pine needle litter could be explained in part by differences in pine density and size among sites. This spatial variability in litterfall implies a corresponding variability in the rate of fuel accumulation which, in turn, implies that different areas in Long Pine Key are able to burn with different frequencies.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on July 8, 2016).
- "March 1985."
- Includes bibliographical references (page 9).
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Herndon, Alan. Litterfall in pinelands of Everglades National Park
- OCLC:
- 56836322
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