Patterns of seed longevity and dormancy in obligate seeding legumes of box-ironbark forests, south-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-194

  Orscheg, C K ^a   Enright, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia; Disturbed ecosystem; Fabaceae; Fire interval; Mimosaceae; Obligate seeder; Pultenaea; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEGUME; LONGEVITY; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING; UNDERSTORY; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; FABACEAE; PITTOSPORUM UNDULATUM; PULTENAEA; PULTENAEA PROSTRATA;

EID: 79953030857     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02135.x     Document Type: Article

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