Temperature thresholds for germination and survival of Pittosporum undulatum: implications for management by fire

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Gleadow, Roslyn M ^a,b   Narayan, Indira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

analysis of similarity; ANOSIM; Environmental weed; Eucalyptus; Fire; Heat; Invasion; one standard deviation; one standard error; Pittosporum; SD; SE; Seed; Seedling

Indexed keywords

BURNING; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE; GERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; PITTOSPORUM; PITTOSPORUM UNDULATUM;

EID: 33847275067     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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