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

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 960-973

  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; Resprouter; Serotiny

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FIRE; LITERATURE; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEROTINY;

CANOPY; FIRE HISTORY; RESPROUTING; SEED; STORAGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032415759     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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