Post-fire mortality and water relations of three congeneric shrub species under extreme water stress - A trade-off with fecundity?

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-60

  Richards, Michael B ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Hakea; Plant demography; Plant were relations; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

FIRE; WATER STRESS;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

HAKEA POLYANTHEMA; HAKEA RUSCIFOLIA; HAKEA SALICIFOLIA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 0029661229     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00582234     Document Type: Article

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