Anthropogenic fire drives the evolution of seed traits

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 18743-18747

  Gómez González, Susana ^a   Torres Diáz, Cristian ^a   Bustos Schindler, Carlos ^b   Gianoli, Ernesto ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Mediterranean ecosystems; Microevolution; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GERMINATION; PERICARP; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBERTY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; GERMINATION; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 81755187007     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108863108     Document Type: Article

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