Genetic structure of seedling cohorts following repeated wildfires in the fire-sensitive shrub persoonia mollis ssp. nectens

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 752-760

  Ayre, David J ^a,b   Ottewell, Kym M ^b   Krauss, Siegfried L ^c,d   Whelan, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Pollen dispersal; Proteaceae; Seed banks; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION SIZE; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SHRUB; WILD POPULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PERSOONIA MOLLIS; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 67449137923     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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