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Fire ecology in the southeastern United States Fire ecology in the southeastern United States

Fire has played an important role in the structure of natural ecosystems throughout North America. As a natural process, fire helps clear away dead and dying plant matter and increases the production of native species that occur in fire prone habitats. It also reduces the invasion of exotic species and the succession to woody species in pitcher plant bogs, pine savannas, coastal prairies...
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Ecophysiology of wetland plant roots: A modelling comparison of aeration in relation to species distribution Ecophysiology of wetland plant roots: A modelling comparison of aeration in relation to species distribution

This study examined the potential for inter-specific differences in root aeration to determine wetland plant distribution in nature. We compared aeration in species that differ in the type of sediment and depth of water they colonize. Differences in root anatomy, structure and physiology were applied to aeration models that predicted the maximum possible aerobic lengths and development...
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B.K. Sorrell, I.A. Mendelssohn, K.L. McKee, R.A. Woods

[Book review] Natural History Investigations in South Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, by A. E. Sanders and W. D. Anderson, Jr. [Book review] Natural History Investigations in South Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, by A. E. Sanders and W. D. Anderson, Jr.

Review of: History Investigations in South Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, by A. E. Sanders and W. D. Anderson, Jr. The University of South Carolina Press (July 1999). ISBN: 1570032785.
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W. F. Smith-Vaniz

[Book review] Theoretical Ecology Illustrated : An illustrated guide to theoretical ecology, by Ted J. Case [Book review] Theoretical Ecology Illustrated : An illustrated guide to theoretical ecology, by Ted J. Case

Review of: An Illustrated Guide to Theoretical Ecology. Ted J. Case. Oxford University Press, New York, 2000. 460 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 0-19-508512-4 paper).
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D.L. DeAngelis

Mapping and converting essential Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core: towards an alternative to the FGDC Clearinghouse Mapping and converting essential Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core: towards an alternative to the FGDC Clearinghouse

The purpose of this article is to raise and address a number of issues related to the conversion of Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata into MARC21 and Dublin Core. We present an analysis of 466 FGDC metadata records housed in the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) node of the FGDC Clearinghouse, with special emphasis on the length of fields and the total length...
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A. Chandler, D. Foley, A.M. Hafez

Pattern and process of land loss in the Mississippi Delta: A spatial and temporal analysis of wetland habitat change Pattern and process of land loss in the Mississippi Delta: A spatial and temporal analysis of wetland habitat change

An earlier investigation (Turner 1997) concluded that most of the coastal wetland loss in Louisiana was caused by the effects of canal dredging, that loss was near zero in the absence of canals, and that land loss had decreased to near zero by the late 1990s. This analysis was based on a 15-min quadrangle (approximately 68,000 ha) scale that is too large to isolate processes responsible...
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John W. Day, Gary P. Shaffer, Louis D. Britsch, Denise J. Reed, Suzanne Hawes, Donald R. Cahoon

The ecological condition of estuaries in the Gulf of Mexico The ecological condition of estuaries in the Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is a vast natural resource encompassing the coastal areas of western Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, as well as a portion of Mexico. Many estuaries flow into the Gulf of Mexico and serve as nursery grounds for fish, habitat for a wide variety of wildlife, shipping routes, and a source of recreation. Estuarine-dependent species constitute more than...
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