The Effect of Contemporary Hydrologic Modification on Vegetation Community Composition Distinctness in the Florida Everglades

The Effect of Contemporary Hydrologic Modification on Vegetation Community Composition Distinctness in the Florida Everglades

The historic Everglades Ridge and Slough landscape maintained regularly spaced and elevated sawgrass ridges interspersed among exposed deeper-water sloughs; however, widespread but irregular hydrologic modification has degraded much of this landscape patterning. My study assessed the effects of hydr...

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Main Author: Isherwood, Ewan
Format: Others
Published: FIU Digital Commons 2013
Subjects:
Everglades
ridge
slough
vegetation communities
species composition
ordination
hydrologic regimes
topography
lags
alternative stable states
Plant Biology
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Online Access:http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1027
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