Defining grassland fire events and the response of perennial plants to annual fire in temperate grasslands of south-eastern Australia

Plant Ecology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-144

  Morgan, John W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Life form; Phenology; Secondary juvenile period; Themeda triandra; Vegetative regeneration

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERENNIAL PLANT;

AUSTRALIA;

THEMEDA TRIANDRA;

EID: 0032825740     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009731815511     Document Type: Article

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