Dominant drivers of seedling establishment in a fire-dependent obligate seeder: Climate or fire regimes?

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-270

  Smith, Annabel L ^a,b   Blair, David ^b   McBurney, Lachlan ^b   Banks, Sam C ^a,b   Barton, Philip S ^a,b   Blanchard, Wade ^a,b   Driscoll, Don A ^a,b   Gill, A Malcolm ^b   Lindenmayer, David B ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disturbance; Fire return interval; Fire severity; Forest management; Plant functional type; Range shift; Regeneration niche

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MONTANE FOREST; RANGE EXPANSION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84895828778     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9721-9     Document Type: Article

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