Can burning restrict eucalypt invasion on grassy balds?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-325

  Fensham, R J ^a   Fairfax, R J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalypt establishment; Fire; Grassy balds; Lignotuber; Montane grasslands

Indexed keywords

BURNING; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; MORTALITY; SEEDLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BUNYA MOUNTAINS; QUEENSLAND;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS;

EID: 33645861949     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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