Effect of season of burning and removal of herbaceous cover on seedling emergence in a eucalypt savanna of north-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 491-496

  Williams, Paul R ^a,b   Congdon, Robert A ^b   Grice, Anthony C ^c   Clarke, Peter J ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire regime; Northern Australia; Savanna; Seed dormancy; Seedling emergence; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FIRE; SAVANNA; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 28244498724     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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