Seed Production, Pollinator Attractants and Breeding System in Relation to Fire Response — Are There Reproductive Syndromes among Co-occurring Proteaceous Shrubs?

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-385

  Lamont, Byron B ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^b   Briffa, Peter J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHRUB;

DRYANDRA LINDLEYANA; DRYANDRA SESSILIS; HAKEA CRISTATA; HAKEA ERINACEA; HAKES CRISTATA; HAKES ERINACEA;

EID: 0031787922     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT97008     Document Type: Article

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