Mapping and Assessing Fire Damage on Broadleaved Forest Communities in Big Cypress National Preserve
Permanent Link:

Material Information

Title:
Mapping and Assessing Fire Damage on Broadleaved Forest Communities in Big Cypress National Preserve
Creator:
Pablo L. Ruiz
Jay P. Sah
James R. Snyder
Michael S. Ross
Place of Publication:
Miami, Florida
Publisher:
Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
18 pages

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Big Cypress National Preserve (Fla.)
Forest fires
Spatial Coverage:
Big Cypress National Preserve (Fla.)

Notes

Abstract:
Within Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY), oak-dominated forests and woodlands as well as tropical and temperate hardwood hammocks are integral components of the landscape and are biodiversity hotpots for both flora and fauna. These broadleaved forest communities serve as refugia for many of the Preserve’s wildlife species during prolonged flooding and fires. However, both prolonged flooding and severe fires, which are important and necessary disturbance vectors within this landscape, can have deleterious effects on these forested communities. This is particularly true in the case of fires, which under extreme conditions associated with drought and elevated fuel loads, can burn through these forested communities consuming litter and understory vegetation and top killing most, if not all, of the trees present.

Record Information

Source Institution:
Added automatically
Holding Location:
Added automatically
Rights Management:
Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the users responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights.

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:
Southeast Environmental Research Center