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71. Ewel, K C., and W. J. Mitsch. 1978. The effects of fire on species composition
in cypress ecosystems. Fla. Sci. 41:25-31.
Bald cypress trees were more successful than slash pines and hardwoods (swamp tupelo, sweetgum, sweetbay) in surviving a fire which destroyed 42% of two Florida dome ecosystems. Changes in percent of live trees within the domes before and after the fire die-off were 48 to 89 for baldcypress, 32 to 9 for hardwoods, and 21 to 2 for pines. Greatest mortality was in the dome center where organic matter was deepest. [K-L-S]
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