Community dynamics under environmental extremes coastal plain wet prairie in a natural state and under restoration

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 222; no. 11; pp. 1251 - 1262
• Main Authors: Dixon, Cinnamon M., Flaherty-Walia, Kerry E., Snyder, Richard A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Science + Business Media 01.11.2021; Springer Netherlands; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Applied Ecology; Aristida; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; botanical composition; canopy; Climatic conditions; Coastal plains; Community & Population Ecology; Community composition; Controlled burning; data collection; disturbed soils; Drought; Dynamics; Ecological restoration; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental restoration; Flooding; Gulf of Mexico; Habitats; Hurricanes; Indicator species; Indicators (Biology); Life Sciences; Logging; Organic matter; Pine trees; Pinus elliottii; Plains; Plant communities; Plant Ecology; Plantations; Prairies; prescribed burning; Prescribed fire; Restoration; Southeastern United States; Species richness; Storm surges; Storms; Terrestial Ecology; Tropical storms; Understory; wetlands; Southeastern United States; Gulf of Mexico; Restoration; Plant community dynamics; Wet savanna; Wet prairie

Ecological restoration is increasingly employed to restore degraded or destroyed ecosystems and evaluation of restoration success requires that natural community dynamics be understood. Wet prairies in the Southeast US have diverse plant communities subject to disturbances including fire, drought, f...