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A survey and inventory of the plant communities in the Raccoon Point area, Big Cypress National Preserve.

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Date Issued:
1982-06
Summary:
The Raccoon Point area is one of five 50 square kilometer areas in the Big Cypress National Preserve. Information on the current conditions of the plant communities in this area is necessary for prudent resource management of habitat for endangered species, as well as to preserve native systems. Many groups now utilize the area, each with activities that affect ecological patterns. Seasonal hunting and associated burning practices may have altered the timing and frequency of fire in the pine and cypress forests. Also, develoment of oil production is onging at the time of this writing.
Title: A survey and inventory of the plant communities in the Raccoon Point area, Big Cypress National Preserve.
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Name(s): Gunderson, Lance H.
Loope, Lloyd L.
South Florida Research Center
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1982-06
Publisher: National Park Service, South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park
Place of Publication: Homestead, Fla.
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 36 pages,illustrations, map,28 cm.
Language(s): English
Summary: The Raccoon Point area is one of five 50 square kilometer areas in the Big Cypress National Preserve. Information on the current conditions of the plant communities in this area is necessary for prudent resource management of habitat for endangered species, as well as to preserve native systems. Many groups now utilize the area, each with activities that affect ecological patterns. Seasonal hunting and associated burning practices may have altered the timing and frequency of fire in the pine and cypress forests. Also, develoment of oil production is onging at the time of this writing.
Identifier: 56836131 (oclc), FI06658725 (IID), 1034122 (digitool), fiu:19224 (fedora), AAA6559QF
Note(s): Lance H. Gunderson and Lloyd L. Loope.
One col. map on folded leaf in pocket.
"June 1982."
Includes bibliographic references (p. 34-36).
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2004. (Everglades online collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by Florida International University from a technical report held in the Green Library at Florida International University, Miami.
Subject(s): Plant communities -- Florida -- Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Cypress Swamp -- 3090204
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI06658725.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI06658725.jpg
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution: FIU
Has Part:
(OCoLC)08642399
Is Part of Series: Report (South Florida Research Center) ; T-665.
Is Part of Series: Everglades online collection.