Ecology of plant resprouting: Populations to community responses in fire-prone ecosystems

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1937-1943

  Lawes, Michael J ^a   Clarke, Peter J ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allocation trade offs; Basal sprouting; Epicormic sprouting; Fire; Persistence; Plant functional traits; Resprouting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISTURBANCE; NICHE; PERSISTENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPROUTING; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 83055186580     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9994-z     Document Type: Article

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