Population biology and regeneration of forbs and shrubs after fire in Brazilian Campos grasslands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-117

  Fidelis, Alessandra ^a,c   Müller, Sandra Cristina ^b   Pillar, Valério DePatta ^b   Pfadenhauer, Jörg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bud bank; Heat shock experiment; Obligate seeder; Plant population structure; Resprouter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; BUD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERB; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEED BANK; SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BRAZIL;

CHAPTALIA; EUPATORIUM; HETEROTHALAMUS PSIADIOIDES; RHIZOPHORA; VERNONIA; VERNONIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 77957912127     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9776-z     Document Type: Article

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