Effect of fire on recruitment of two dominant perennial grasses with different palatability from semi-arid grasslands of NW Patagonia (Argentina)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-481

  Franzese, Jorgelina ^a   Ghermandi, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Disturbances; Festuca pallescens; Germination; Grass palatability; Pappostipa speciosa; Seedling growth; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; PALATABILITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION; SURVIVAL;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ACHNATHERUM SPECIOSUM; FESTUCA PALLESCENS; POACEAE;

EID: 84857910551     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9995-y     Document Type: Article

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