Depletion of regenerative bud resources during cyclic drought: What are the implications for fire management?

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-192

  Croft, Peter ^a,b   Hunter, John T ^b   Reid, Nick ^b  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia; Allocasuarina; Eucalyptus; Leptospermum; Resprouting; Tree and shrub mortality

Indexed keywords

BUD; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; LEGUME; MORALITY; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA; ALLOCASUARINA; EUCALYPTUS; LEPTOSPERMUM;

EID: 35748935215     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2007.00366.x     Document Type: Review

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