Biogeography of seeder and resprouter Erica species in the Cape Floristic Region - Where are the resprouters?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-347

  Ojeda, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire; Fynbos; Lignotuber; Mycorrhizae; Speciation; Summer drought

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FIRE; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEEDING;

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ERICA;

EID: 0031958814     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0185     Document Type: Article

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