Seed release without fire in Pinus halepensis, a Mediterranean serotinous wind-dispersed tree

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 659-669

  Nathan, Ran ^a,c   Safriel, Uriel N ^a   Noy Meir, Imanuel ^a   Schiller, Gabriel ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal distance; Serotiny; Sharav; Temporal pattern; Xeriscence

Indexed keywords

ISRAEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE VALUE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ISRAEL;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 0032788290     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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