Plant coexistence in coastal heaths: Habitat segregation in the post-fire environment

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Floristic composition; Physiological tolerance; Plant coexistence; Seed banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244380028     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00584.x     Document Type: Article

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