Early postfire seed dispersal, seedling establishment and seedling mortality of Pinus coulteri (D. Don) in central coastal California, USA

Plant Ecology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-220

  Borchert, Mark ^a   Johnson, Matthew ^b   Schreiner, David S ^a   Vander Wall, Stephen B ^b  

^a Ojai Valley Sanitary District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coulter pine; Dispersal; Pinus coulteri; Pyriscence; Seed caching; Seed dispersal; Seedling establishment; Serotiny

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CACHING; DEMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

CHAETODIPUS CALIFORNICUS; CRICETINAE; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS AGILIS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PINUS COULTERI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0042665548     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024447811238     Document Type: Article

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