Banksia born to burn

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 184-196

  He, Tianhua ^a,b   Lamont, Byron B ^a   Downes, Katherine S ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia; Clonality; Fire; Flammability; Resprouter; Serotiny; Trait evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOME; CALIBRATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; FRUIT; HISTORICAL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARKOV CHAIN; MIOCENE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PALEOCENE; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; RESPROUTING; SEASONALITY; SEROTINY; SHRUB;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DROUGHT; EVOLUTION; FIRE; FOSSIL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROTEACEAE; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROUGHTS; FIRES; FOSSILS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PROTEACEAE; SEASONS;

BANKSIA;

EID: 79957894704     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03663.x     Document Type: Article

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