Anthropogenic fires increase alien and native annual species in the Chilean coastal matorral

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Gómez González, Susana ^a   Torres Díaz, Cristian ^b   Valencia, Graciela ^a,c   Torres Morales, Patricio ^a   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,c   Pausas, Juli G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Central Chile; Disturbance ecology; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Plant invasions; Propagule pressure; Seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; FIRE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

CHILE;

EID: 78650011222     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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