Fire, aridity and seed banks. What does seed bank composition reveal about community processes in fire-prone desert?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 663-674

  Wright, Boyd R ^a   Clarke, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia; Arid vegetation; Dispersal; Disturbance; Fire ecology; Seed predation; Similarity measures; Triodia

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DESERT; DISPERSAL; FIRE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEED BANK; SEED PREDATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; POACEAE; TRIODIA;

EID: 70249103517     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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