Evolutionary ecology of resprouting and seeding in fire-prone ecosystems

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-65

  Pausas, Juli G ^a   Keeley, Jon E ^b,c  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Iteroparity; Monopyric; Polypyric; Resprouting; Seeding; Semeplarity; Trait evolution

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DISTURBANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SURVIVAL;

ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FIRE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEEDLING;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GENETIC FITNESS; GERMINATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS;

EID: 84906942937     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12921     Document Type: Review

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