Landscape age and soil fertility, climatic stability, and fire regime predictability: Beyond the OCBIL framework

Plant and Soil

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-23

  Mucina, Ladislav ^a   Wardell Johnson, Grant W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capensis; Climatic stability; Evolution of landscapes; Fire regime predictability; Landscape age; Landscape rejuvenation; Old stable landscape (OSL); Palaeosurface; Pyro landscapes; Refugium; Soil fertility; SWAFR

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION; FIRE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE; PREDICTION; REFUGIUM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 79951855143     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0734-x     Document Type: Article

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