The persistence niche: What makes it and what breaks it for two fire-prone plant species

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-279

  Keith, David A ^a   Tozer, Mark G ^a   Regan, Tracey J ^b   Regan, Helen M ^c  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; FECUNDITY; FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NICHE; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPROUTING; ROOT ROT; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; VIABILITY;

EPACRIS; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; XANTHORRHOEA;

EID: 34249092699     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT06018     Document Type: Article

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