Interactions among fire, grazing, harvest and abiotic conditions shape palm demographic responses to disturbance

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 997-1008

  Mandle, Lisa ^a   Ticktin, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; India; Non consumptive effects; Phoenix loureiri; Plant population and community dynamics; Savanna woodland; Vital rates; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SAVANNA; SOIL MOISTURE; TRAMPLING;

INDIA;

EID: 84862510154     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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