Determinants of postfire flowering in the geophytic grass Ehrharta capensis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 705-713

  Verboom, G A ^a   Stock, W D ^a   Linder, H P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Fynbos; Nutrients; Reproductive trade off; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; FIRE; FLOWERING; GEOPHYTE; GRASS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION COVER;

EHRHARTA CAPENSIS;

EID: 0036936061     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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