Resprouting as a life history strategy in woody plant communities

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 409-416

  Bellingham, Peter J ^a   Sparrow, Ashley D ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPROUTING; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 0034022496     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890224.x     Document Type: Review

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