Fire as a stimulant of shrub recruitment in northwestern Patagonian (Argentina) grasslands

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 981-990

  Dudinszky, N ^a   Ghermandi, L ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Fabiana imbricata; Fire; Germination; Grassland; Smoke

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DORMANCY; FOREST FIRE; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SCARIFICATION; SEED BANK; SHRUB; SMOKE; SUCCESSION;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

FABIANA IMBRICATA;

EID: 84888303267     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1080-7     Document Type: Article

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