Aerial view of forest fire in pine forest in the Everglades National Park.

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Fire is a natural factor that maintains the pinelands and other natural communities in South Florida. The frequency of these fires is influenced by large-scale climate cycles, particularly El Nino Southern Oscillations. Fires are more prevalent during the drier La Nina phase than during the wetter El Nino phase. This photograph originally appeared on the cover of Ecology (84:12) in December of 2003.

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Format	jpeg
Temporal and geographic description	Long Pine Key area, Everglades National Park, FL.
Ecological Core Concept	Communities -- Species composition, abundance, and diversity Communities -- Spatial and temporal dynamics Communities
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This photograph could be used to illustrate fire as a natural disturbance that is important in maintaining many community types. It could be used as a starting point for discussion of fire regimes, fire suppression or prescribed burns, and the general role of disturbance in ecological communities.
Keywords	fire, forest, burn, burning, disturbance, La Nina, El Nino, climate
Key taxa	pine
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	Kenneth Klemow David Lentz
Primary Author Affiliation	Regional Fire Management Coordinator, US Fish & Wildlife Service Biology Program, Wilkes University
Primary Author email	Dave_Lentz@fws.gov, kklemow@wilkes.edu
Rights	Copyright 2003 by the Ecological Society of America.
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Reviewer B	Unknown
Date Of Record Submission	2008-03-18

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