The effect of timing of forest fire on phenology and seed production in the fire-dependent herbs Geranium bohemicum and G. lanuginosum in Sweden

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1725-1731

  Risberg, Lotta ^a   Granström, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annual plant; Fire management; Fire season; Fitness; Prescribed fire; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; EXPERIMENTS; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL PLANT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FITNESS; PRESCRIBED FIRE; SEED BANK;

FIRES;

ANNUAL PLANT; BOREAL FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FITNESS; FLOWERING; FOREST FIRE; GERMINATION; HERB; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY; SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; EXPERIMENTATION; FIRES; MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION; PLANTS; SEEDS; TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

GERANIUM (GENUS);

EID: 62049084864     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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