Population responses of Ulex shrubs to fire in a lowland heath community

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 505-514

  Stokes, K E ^a   Allchin, A E ^b   Bullock, J M ^c   Watkinson, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Regent Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dwarf shrub; Fire regime; Habitat specific vital rate; Heathland vegetation cycle; Periodic matrix model; Woody plant

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HEATHLAND; POPULATION GROWTH; SHRUB; WILDFIRE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX GALLII; ULEX MINOR;

EID: 3042805579     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02289.x     Document Type: Article

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