Demographic responses to fire of Spartina argentinensis in temporary flooded grassland of Argentina

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 785-793

  Feldman, Susana R ^a   Lewis, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Clonap plants; Disturbance; Establishment; Predation; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; PREDATION; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

SPARTINA ARGENTINENSIS;

EID: 55949131463     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[785:DRTFOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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