Do heat and smoke increase emergence of exotic and native plants in the matorral of central Chile?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-340

  Figueroa, Javier A ^a,b,c   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^d,e   Gómez González, Susana ^d,e   Montenegro, Marco Molina ^d,e   Jaksic, Fabian M ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

central Chile; Emergence; Exotic herb; Fire; Heat shock; Native herb; Shrubland; Smoke

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EMERGENCE; HEAT SHOCK; HEATING; HERB; NATIVE SPECIES; SHRUBLAND; SMOKE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 60349093080     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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