Plant functional traits along environmental gradients in seasonally dry and fire-prone ecosystem

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1009-1020

  Pekin, Burak K ^a,d   Wittkuhn, Roy S ^b   Boer, Matthias M ^a   Macfarlane, Craig ^c   Grierson, Pauline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster roots; Eucalyptus marginata; Fire regime; Fourth corner technique; Resprouters; Soil N and P

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILITY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

ARBUSCULAR; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 80053566654     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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