Effect of season of burn on shoot recovery and post-fire flowering performance in the resprouter Stirlingia latifolia R. Br. (Proteaceae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-155

  Bowen, Barbara J ^a   Pate, John S ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia woodland; Controlled burn; Cut flower; Fire; Inflorescence; Regeneration; Wildflower

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; PROTEACEAE; STIRLINGIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 2342508372     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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