Flowering, seed dispersal, seed predation and seedling recruitment in two pyrogenic flowering resprouters

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 545-557

  Denham, Andrew J ^a   Auld, Tony D ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FLOWERING; RECRUITMENT; RESPROUTING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CORREA; DORYANTHES EXCELSA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; TELOPEA SPECIOSISSIMA;

EID: 0036033386     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT02009     Document Type: Article

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