The ecological significance of canopy seed storage in fire-prone environments: A model for non-sprouting shrubs

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 946-959

  Enright, Neal J ^a,b   Marsula, Ralf ^c   Lamont, Byron B ^b   Wissel, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banksia; Computer models; Fire regime; Optimum life history strategies; Serotiny; Stochastic effects; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; LITERATURE; PLANT GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SEED STORAGE; SURVIVAL;

FIRE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MODEL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; BANKSIA HOOKERIANA;

EID: 0032413199     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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