Soil temperatures during autumn prescribed burning: Implications for the germination of fire responsive species?

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 572-578

  Penman, T D ^a,b   Towerton, A L ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dry sclerophyll; Forest; Management; Seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849086858     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07092     Document Type: Article

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