Seed predation limits post-fire recruitment in the waratah (Telopea speciosissima)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-19

  Denham, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Proteaceae; Pyrogenic flowering; Seed predators; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FLOWERING; INVERTEBRATE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA; PROTEACEAE; TELOPEA SPECIOSISSIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52549119917     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9407-0     Document Type: Article

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