Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 406-411

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b   Pausas, Juli G ^c   Rundel, Philip W ^b   Bond, William J ^d   Bradstock, Ross A ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FIRE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GERMINATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79961025015     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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