Fire and plant evolution

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-303

  Pausas, Juli G ^a   Schwilk, Dylan ^b  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire adaptations; Fire ecology; Mediterranean ecosystems; Plant evolution; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; FIRE; GENETICS; PLANT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FIRES; LOS ANGELES; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84055189158     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04010.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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