Effects of inter-fire intervals on the reproductive output of resprouters and obligate seeders in the Proteaceae

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-413

  Knox, Kirsten J E ^a,b   Morrison, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department for Environment and Heritage ^*  (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Fire frequency; Obligate seeders; Proteaceae; Reproduction; Resprouters

Indexed keywords

FIRE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REPRODUCTION; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BANKSIA SERRATA; BANKSIA SPINULOSA; HAKEA TERETIFOLIA; ISOPOGON; LAMBERTIA FORMOSA; PETROPHILE; PROTEACEAE; XYLOMELUM PYRIFORME;

EID: 21444434392     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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