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Considering fire in Florida's ecosystems
| Author: |
Behm, Anna L.; Duryea, Mary L. |
| Date: |
2003 |
| Periodical: |
Gainesville, FL: Florida Cooperative Extension Service; Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface |
| Link: |
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR137
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| Abstract: |
Natural ecosystems in Florida are dependent on periodic fire to maintain the health and diversity of native plants and animals. In the document Circular 1431, wildfire information is summarized for Florida's ecosystems: scrub pine, pine rockland, pine flatwood, dry prairie, marsh, high pine/sandhill, swamp, hardwood hammock, and hardwood rockland/tropical hammock. Many people live within or near these ecosystems, in an area termed the wildland-urban interface. These interface residents should be aware of the natural role of fire and the associated wildfire hazard in their surroundings. |
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