Effects of smoke, heat and charred wood on the germination of dormant soil-stored seeds from a Eucalyptus baxteri heathy-woodland in Victoria, SE Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 132-141

  Enright, N J ^a   Kintrup, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Heat; Heathy woodland; Seed germination; Smoke; Soil seed bank; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013502301     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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