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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): F. Ward
Publication Date: 1972

[Description of both natural history and human disturbance of the Everglades, with emphasis on droughts and fire histories.]

Citation: Ward, F. 1972. The imperiled Everglades. National Geographic Magazine, v. 141, no. 1, p. 1-27.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Ecology    Aquatic
Regions:
Southern
Keywords:
  • Big Cypress National Preserve
  • catastrophic fires
  • Cladium jamaicense
  • disturbance
  • droughts
  • everglades
  • fire frequency
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • Florida
  • hammocks
  • histories
  • lakes
  • lightning caused fires
  • natural areas management
  • recreation related fires
  • south Florida
  • swamps
  • Taxodium distichum
  • watershed management
Tall Timbers Record Number: 9742 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File DDW • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 35443

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