Demographic patterns of postfire regeneration in Mediterranean-climate shrublands of California

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-255

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b   Fotheringham, C J ^b   Baer Keeley, Melanie ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

California (USA) shrublands; Chaparral; Facultative seeders; Fire endemics; Functional types; Obligate resprouters; Obligate seeders; Postfire regeneration; Sage scrub; Seedling survivorship

Indexed keywords

CHAPARRAL; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FIRE; GRASS; PERENNIAL PLANT; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEEDLING; SUCCESSION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 33646131003     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 00129615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2006)076[0235:DPOPRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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