Does plant-derived smoke affect seed germination in dominant woody species of the Mediterranean matorral of central Chile?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1510-1515

  Gomez Gonzalez S ^a,b   Sierra Almeida, A ^a,b   Cavieres, L A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Fire; Mediterranean; Seed germination; Smoke

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SMOKE;

CENTRAL CHILE; SEED GERMINATION;

FORESTRY;

COLONIAL ORGANISM; DOMINANCE; ECOREGION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FIRE; GERMINATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; SHRUBLAND; SMOKE;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; PLANTS; SEEDS; SMOKE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39749163630     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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