Vertebrate-dispersed species in a fire-prone environment

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-385

  French, Kristine ^a,b   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant dispersal; Fire; Fire prone environments; Regeneration; Seed survival; Vertebrate dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444374302     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00624.x     Document Type: Article

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