Effect of fire on the germination of spores of Pteridium caudatum, an invasive fern

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-465

  Ramrez Trejo, Mara Del Rosario ^a   Pérez Garca, Blanca ^a   Pérez Salicrup, Diego R ^b   Orozco Segovia, Alma ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

bracken spread; burial depth; Mexico; post fire regeneration strategies; soil heating; soil temperatures; Yucatn Peninsula

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERN; FIRE; GERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPORE; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; VIABILITY;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 77957590973     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000118     Document Type: Article

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