Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades: Hydrologic Driven Decadal Changes in Tree Island Woody Vegetation Structure and Composition: 2012 Annual Report
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Title:
Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades: Hydrologic Driven Decadal Changes in Tree Island Woody Vegetation Structure and Composition: 2012 Annual Report
Creator:
Pablo L. Ruiz
Michael S. Ross
Jay P. Sah
Place of Publication:
Miami, Florida
Publisher:
Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University
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Language:
English
Physical Description:
42 pages

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Subjects / Keywords:
Tree Islands
Everglades (Fla.)
Hydrology
Spatial Coverage:
Everglades (Fla.)

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Abstract:
This report examines the interaction between hydrology and vegetation over a 10-year period, between 2001/02 and 2012 within six permanent tree island plots located on three tree islands, two plots each per tree island, established in 2001/02, along a hydrologic and productivity gradient. We hypothesize that: (H1) hydrologic differences within plots between census dates will result in marked differences in a) tree and sapling densities, b) tree basal area, and c) forest structure, i.e., canopy volume and height, and (H2) tree island growth, development, and succession is dependent on hydrologic fluxes, particularly during periods of prolonged droughts or below average hydroperiods.

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