Scientific note: Effects of smoke on seed germination of twenty species of fire-prone habitats in Florida

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Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-110

  Lindon, Heather Lynn ^a   Menges, Eric ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAVANNA; SEED; SHRUBLAND; SMOKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950975206     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2179/0008-7475(2008)73[106:EOSOSG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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