The biogeochemicak consequences of fire and their effects on the vegetation of the coastal plain of the Southeastern United States 

 -  En The Role of Fire in Ecological Systems, p.1-21, 1987 .
<br/><br/> Owing to frequent lightning, occasionalmoisure deficits, and accumulation of flammable fuels, wildfires play an important role in the spatial and temporal patterns of ecosystems on the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. Fuel accumulation is favored by oligotrophic soils. Fire may recycle 10-30 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ECOSYSTEMS<br/>BIOGEOCHEMICAL<br/>CONSEQUENCES OF FIRE<br/>VEGETATION<br/>COASTAL PLAIN<br/>SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES