Time of germination and establishment success after fire of three obligate seeders in a Mediterranean shrubland of central Spain

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-249

  Quintana, José R ^a   Cruz, Alberto ^a   Fernández González, Federico ^a   Moreno, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistus ladanifer; Erica umbellata; Extreme events; Rosmarinus officinalis; Seedling mortality; Seedling vigour

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GERMINATION; GROWTH; MORTALITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TOLEDO [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA];

CASTILLA; CISTUS; ERICA; ROSMARINUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 1442314141     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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