Canopy seed bank dynamics and optimum fire regime for the highly serotinous shrub, Banksia hookeriana

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-17

  Enright, N J ^a,b   Lamont, Byron B ^b   Marsula, Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banksia; Fire frequency; Seed bank model; Seed demography; Serotiny

Indexed keywords

BANKSIA HOOKERIANA;

FIRE; GRANIVORY; RECRUITMENT; SANDPLAIN SCRUB-HEATH; SEED BANK; SEROTINY;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0029669037     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2261695     Document Type: Article

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