Modelling the persistence of an apparently immortal Banksia species after fire and land clearing

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-259

  Drechsler, Martin ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^b   Burgman, Mark A ^c   Akçakaya, H Resit ^d   Witkowski, Edward T F ^e   Supriyadi, ^f  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Banksia; Fire; Local extinction; Persistence; Population recovery

Indexed keywords

FIRE; PERSISTENCE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHRUB; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA GOODII;

EID: 0032966507     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00102-5     Document Type: Article

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