Plant functional traits in relation to fire in crown-fire ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1085-1100

  Pausas, Juli G ^a   Bradstock, Ross A ^b   Keith, David A ^b   Keeley, Jon E ^c,d   Hoffman, W ^e   Kenny, B ^e   Lloret, F ^e   Trabaud, L ^e  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Fire prone ecosystems; Forest fires; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Plant functional types; Plant traits; Regeneration; Resprouting seeding; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REGENERATION; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 5344232690     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-4094     Document Type: Article

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