Fire and population dynamics of woody plants in a neotropical savanna: Matrix model projections

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1354-1369

  Hoffmann, William A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Demography; Elasticity; Fire; Fire frequency; Life table response experiment; Matrix model; Savanna; Shrub; Subshrub; Tree

Indexed keywords

FIRE; POPULATION MODELING; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; WOODY PLANT;

BRAZIL;

CATOSTOMIDAE; MICONIA; MICONIA ALBICANS;

EID: 0033068071     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1354:FAPDOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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