Stem demography and post-fire recruitment of a resprouting serotinous conifer

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-76

  Keeley, Jon E ^a   Keeley, Melanie B ^b   Bond, William J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MBK Horticultural Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age structure; Cupressaceae; Fynbos; Resprouting; Seedling recruitment; Serotiny; Widdringtonia

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FIRE; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; STEM;

WIDDRINGTONIA;

EID: 0033083499     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237162     Document Type: Article

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