Historic field systems and the structure of maritime oak forests, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
Bratton SP and Miller SG. 1991. Historic field systems and the structure of maritime oak forests, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia. Athens, GA
An examination of the relationship between previously agricultural lands and the current maritime forest on Cumberland Island National Seashore. Includes study methods (examination of historic maps, extant vegetation zones, transect sampling); results (history and species composition, stand structure); and discussion.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Bratton, Susan; Miller, Scott
- Date of Issue
- 1991
- Units
- CUIS
- Keywords
- cotton plantations, Cumberland Island, disturbance ecology, Landscape History, Maritime Forest, QUERCUS VIRGINIANA, Serenoa repens, Soil recovery