Fire interval effects on persistence of resprouter species in Mediterranean-type shrublands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2071-2083

  Enright, N J ^a   Fontaine, J B ^a   Westcott, V C ^b   Lade, J C ^b   Miller, B P ^c,d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Botanic Gardens and Park Authority   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia; Bud bank; Fire regime; Lignotuber; Melaleuca; Mortality; Resprouting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBOHYDRATE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; REGROWTH; RESPROUTING; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; TUBER; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; BANKSIA ATTENUATA; HIBBERTIA HYPERICOIDES; MELALEUCA; SYSTENA;

EID: 83055194420     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9970-7     Document Type: Article

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