Effect of time since burn on soil seedbanks in the jarrah forest of Western Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 647-660

  Koch, John M ^a   Ruschmann, Alex M ^a   Morald, Tim K ^b  

^a Alcoa of Australia Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST FIRE; GERMINATION; LEGUME; MINING INDUSTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SEED BANK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

APIACEAE; APIALES; CENTROLEPIDACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; LASIOPETALUM FLORIBUNDUM; MALVACEAE; RHAMNACEAE; RUTACEAE; STYLIDIACEAE; TRYMALIUM LEDIFOLIUM;

EID: 77949411643     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT09101     Document Type: Article

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