Smoke solutions and temperature influence the germination and seedling growth of south african mesic grassland species

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 572-578

  Van Staden, Johannes ^a   Ghebrehiwot, Habteab M ^b   Kulkarni, Manoj G ^b   Kirkman, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Butenolide; Germination; Grassland species; Seedling vigor; Smoke water; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; RANGELAND; SMOKE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIGOR; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARISTIDA; HYPARRHENIA HIRTA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; POACEAE; THEMEDA TRIANDRA; TRISTACHYA LEUCOTHRIX;

EID: 70450160594     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-246.1     Document Type: Article

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