Fire season effects on the recruitment of non-sprouting serotinous Proteaceae in the eastern (bimodal rainfall) fynbos biome, South Africa

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Heelemann, Steffen ^a,b,e   Procheş, Şerban ^a   Rebelo, Anthony G ^c   Van Wilgen, Brian W ^d   Porembski, Stefan ^b   Cowling, Richard M ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fire climate; Fire management; Phenology; Seedling recruitment; Seroting

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DICOTYLEDON; DORMANCY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FLOWERING; FYNBOS; GERMINATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEROTINY; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MOISTURE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

PROTEACEAE;

EID: 40149090481     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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