Are rare species less shade tolerant than common species in fire-prone environments? A test with seven Amorpha (Fabaceae) species

Plant Ecology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-260

  Marchin, Renée M ^a   Bhandari, Rohit K ^a   Wall, Wade A ^a   Hohmann, Matthew G ^b   Gray, Janet B ^c   Hoffmann, William A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c Endangered Species Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorpha; Conservation biology; Growth analysis; Rare species; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; LEGUME; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RARE SPECIES; SAVANNA; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMORPHA; FABACEAE;

EID: 70350608173     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9614-3     Document Type: Article

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