Post-fire resprouting responses of native and exotic grasses from Cumberland Plain Woodland (Sydney, Australia) under elevated carbon dioxide

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Tooth, Ifeanna M ^a   Leishman, Michelle R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2; Exotic species; Fire; Mesocosms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; MESOCOSM; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESPROUTING; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; CUMBERLAND PLAIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

CHLORIS GAYANA; CHLORIS VENTRICOSA; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; MICROLAENA STIPOIDES; NASSELLA NEESIANA; POACEAE; THEMEDA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84872839230     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02364.x     Document Type: Article

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