Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) postfire regeneration: The role of canopy and soil seed banks

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 59-66

  Daskalakou, Evangelia N ^b   Thanos, Costas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bradychory; Cone serotiny; Regeneration capacity; Seed germination; Seed longevity; Seed rain; Seed storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030520478     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9960059     Document Type: Article

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