Little evidence for fire-adapted plant traits in Mediterranean climate regions

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-76

  Bradshaw, S Don ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b   Hopper, Stephen D ^a,c   Lambers, Hans ^a   Turner, Shane R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GERMINATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEED DORMANCY;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GERMINATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEED DORMANCY;

EID: 79751526800     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.10.007     Document Type: Review

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