Mechanisms controlling establishment of the non-bradysporous Banksia integrifolia (Coast Banksia) in an unburnt coastal woodland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-92

  Price, J N ^a   Morgan, J W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Emergence; Grazing; Recruitment; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; HERBIVORY; MICROHABITAT; RECRUITMENT; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; VIABILITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; BANKSIA INTEGRIFOLIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037331942     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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