Effects of soil disturbance, fire and litter accumulation on the establishment of Cistus clusii seedlings

Plant Ecology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-213

  Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a   Lozano, Javier ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coloniser species; Dormancy; Drought; Fire; Impermeable seeds coats; Mediterranean climate; Seed germination; Temperature fluctuations

Indexed keywords

FIRE; LITTER ACCUMULATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL DISTURBANCE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

CISTACEAE; CISTUS CLUSII;

EID: 0030846268     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009779820845     Document Type: Article

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