Adaptation to boreal forest wildfire in herbs: Responses to post-fire environmental cues in two Pulsatilla species

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Kalamees, Rein ^a   Püssa, Kersti ^a   Tamm, Sirli ^a   Zobel, Kristjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Light availability; Litter; Pulsatilla patens; Pulsatilla pratensis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; HERB; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; WILDFIRE;

PULSATILLA; PULSATILLA PATENS; PULSATILLA PRATENSIS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS POLYANTHEMOS;

EID: 84860419438     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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