Canopy seed bank structure in relation to: Fire, tree size and density

Plant Ecology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-201

  Goubitz, S ^a   Nathan, R ^b   Roitemberg, R ^c   Shmida, A ^d   Ne'Eman, G ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cone production; Dual life strategy; Pinus halepensis; Post fire regeneration; Serotiny

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FIRE HISTORY; REGENERATION; SEED BANK;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 3042842124     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000029324.40801.74     Document Type: Article

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