Resprouting responses of trees in a fire-prone tropical savanna following severe tornado damage

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 685-694

  Franklin, Donald C ^a   Gunton, Richard M ^b,d   Schatz, Jon ^c   Lawes, Michael J ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Acacia; Disturbance; Epicormic resprouting; Eucalypts; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FITNESS; PERSISTENCE; RESPROUTING; SAVANNA; SURVIVAL; TORNADO; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL REGION; WINDTHROW;

AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ACACIA; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; ERYTHROPHLEUM CHLOROSTACHYS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TETRODONTA; FABACEAE; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 77956154902     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02075.x     Document Type: Article

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