Soil temperature and depth of legume germination during early and late dry season fires in a tropical eucalypt savanna of north-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 258-263

  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 germination; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; FIRE; GERMINATION; LEGUME; SAVANNA; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

GALACTIA; INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA HIRSUTA;

EID: 3142645421     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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