Post-fire shrub recruitment in a semi-arid grassland: The role of microsites

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-259

  Franzese, Jorgelina ^a   Ghermandi, Luciana ^a   Bran, Donaldo ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Fire; Gap; Senecio bracteolatus; Stipa speciosa

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FIRE; GAP DYNAMICS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SUCCESSION;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACHNATHERUM SPECIOSUM; POACEAE; SENECIO;

EID: 65349110408     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05733.x     Document Type: Article

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