Comparison of post-fire seedling establishment between scrub communities in mediterranean and non-mediterranean climate ecosystems

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1025-1036

  Carrington, M E ^a   Keeley, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California chaparral; Fire ecology; Florida scrub; Mediterranean climate ecosystems; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; FIRE; NUTRIENT; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SOIL; TROPICS; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

EID: 0032762969     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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