Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography

98. Hamilton, D. B. 1978. Effects of fire, drought, and logging on plant succession 
         in Okefenokee Swamp. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am. 59:101. (Abstract only)

Following a severe drought in 1954, fires burned 80% (128,690 ha) of the Swamp. Interpretation of aerial photographs showed that vegetation communities were relatively unchanged and had recovered quickly. Successional retrogression was apparent in only a few areas. Drought permits germination of pondcypress, but logging significantly alters the character of the vegetation. [From author's abstract]

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