Classifying the fire-response traits of plants: How reliable are species-level classifications?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-273

  Vivian, Lyndsey Marie ^a,c   Doherty, Michael Damien ^b   Cary, Geoffrey John ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Fire ecology; Intraspecific variation; Resprouting; Seed regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLASSIFICATION; DATABASE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEED; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952906966     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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