Flammability as a biological concept

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 610-613

  Pausas, Juli G ^a   Moreira, Bruno ^a  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Fire regime; Flammability traits; Mediterranean ecosystems; Plant evolution; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FIRE; LETTER; PLANT; TEMPERATURE; ULEX;

FIRES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE; ULEX;

EID: 84859587484     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04132.x     Document Type: Letter

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