Seed production and germination in two rare and three common co-occurring Acacia species from south-east Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-280

  Brown, J ^a   Enright, N J ^a   Miller, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia; Fire; Forms of rarity; Heat stimulated germination; Seed set; Seed size

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GERMINATION; RARE SPECIES; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SET; SEED SIZE;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA GENISTIFOLIA; ACACIA PARADOXA; ACACIA PYCNANTHA;

EID: 0038547065     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.t01-4-01287.x     Document Type: Article

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