Tree cover-fire interactions promote the persistence of a fire-sensitive conifer in a highly flammable savanna

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 958-968

  Trauernicht, Clay ^a   Murphy, Brett P ^a,b   Portner, Talia E ^a   Bowman, David M J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal landscape burning; Alternative stable states; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Fire ecology; Fire sensitive species; Habitat complexity; Patch dynamics; Pyrodiversity; Tropical savanna; Vegetation boundaries

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FLORISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; OVERSTORY; PERSISTENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; SAVANNA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862139648     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01970.x     Document Type: Article

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