Postfire response of flood-regenerating riparian vegetation in a semi-arid landscape

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2094-2104

  Pettit, Neil E ^a,b   Naiman, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Kruger National Park; Large wood; Nutrients; Plant regeneration; Riparian; Sabie River; Savanna; Semiarid; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SABIE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RIVERS; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 35148888742     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1270.1     Document Type: Article

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