Plant coexistence in coastal heaths: Between- and within-habitat effects of competition, disturbance and predation in the post-fire environment

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Clarke, Peter J ^a,b   Myerscough, Peter J ^a   Skelton, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Fire; Plant coexistence; Seed banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244365561     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00585.x     Document Type: Article

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