The tortoise and the hare? Post-fire regeneration in mixed EucalyptusCallitris forest

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 575-581

  Lunt, Ian D ^a   Zimmer, Heidi C ^b,c   Cheal, David C ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; JUVENILE; LAGOMORPH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; THINNING; TURTLE; WILDFIRE;

CALLITRIS; CALLITRIS ENDLICHERI; EUCALYPTUS; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 80053649152     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT11151     Document Type: Article

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