Post-fire seed predation: Does distance to unburnt vegetation matter?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 755-766

  Tasker, Elizabeth M ^a   Denham, Andrew J ^a   Taylor, Jennifer E ^b   Strevens, Tanya C ^a  

^a Climate Change and Water ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant; Fire regime; Mammal; Proteaceae; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ANT; DICOTYLEDON; EDGE EFFECT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; PERIURBAN AREA; SEED PREDATION; SEROTINY; SHRUB; SMALL MAMMAL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

ALLOCASUARINA DISTYLA; ANIMALIA; BANKSIA SERRATA; BANKSIA SPINULOSA; CASUARINACEAE; HAKEA; HAKEA TERETIFOLIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PROTEACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80055024613     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02214.x     Document Type: Article

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