Fire season and intensity affect shrub recruitment in temperate sclerophyllous woodlands

Oecologia

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 730-739

  Knox, K J E ^a,b   Clarke, P J ^b  

^a Department for Environment and Heritage ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire regime; Grassy woodlands; Seedling emergence; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

WATER;

FOREST FIRE; GERMINATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DORMANCY; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; FIRE; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SEEDLING; WEATHER;

CLIMATE; FIRES; GERMINATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; WATER; WEATHER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33748938052     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0480-6     Document Type: Article

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