Seed mass and seedling establishment after fire in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Sydney, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-390

  Moles, Angela T ^a   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Seed mass; Seedling establishment; Seedling mortality

Indexed keywords

FIRE; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KU-RING-GAI CHASE NATIONAL PARK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 2642539134     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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