Episodic reproduction in two fire-prone palms, Serenoa repens and Sabal etonia (Palmae)

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-115

  Abrahamson, Warren G ^a,b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown loss and flowering; Demography; Fertilization; Fire ecology; Fire induced flowering; Florida; Flowering and light availability; Sabal etonia; Scrub vegetation; Serenoa repens; Size specific reproduction

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC EVENT; FLOWERING; GROWTH RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; WILDFIRE;

ARECACEAE; SABAL; SABAL ETONIA; SERENOA REPENS;

EID: 0032897376     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0100:eritfp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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