The importance of buried seeds and vegetative propagation in the development of postfire plant communities

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Whittle, C A ^a,b   Duchesne, L C ^a   Needham, T ^b  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Clear cutting; Fire; Regeneration; Seed; Vegetative propagules

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0001875942     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a97-003     Document Type: Article

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