Multi-Year Salutary Effects of Windstorm and Fire on River Cane

• Published in: Fire ecology Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 55 - 65
• Main Authors: Gagnon, Paul R., Passmore, Heather A., Platt, William J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bamboo; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Blowdown; Bottomland; Burning; Demography; Disturbance; Disturbances; Ecology; Environmental restoration; Fires; Floodplains; Forest ecosystems; Hardwoods; Life Sciences; Natural disturbance; Research Article; Restoration; Terrestrial ecosystems; Tornadoes; Wildlife; Wildlife habitats; Wildlife management; bamboo; disturbance; giant cane; tornado; floodplain forest; canebrakes

Canebrakes are monodominant stands of cane ( Arundinaria gigantea [Walter] Muhl.), a bamboo native to and once prominent in the southeastern USA. Canebrakes were important wildlife habitat within the bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem. They have been reduced in areal coverage by an estimated 98% s...