Seasonal occurrence of fire and availability of germinable seeds in Hakea sericea and Petrophile sessilis

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 932-941

  Brown, Claire L ^a   Whelan, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire season; Proteaceae; Seed bank dynamics; Seed predation; Serotiny

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FIRE; GERMINATION; PARASITOID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SEED BANK; SEED PREDATION;

FIRE; GERMINATION; RECRUITMENT; SEED BANK;

HAKEA SERICEA; PETROPHILE SESSILIS;

EID: 0032805773     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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