Reproductive trajectories over decadal time-spans after fire for eight obligate-seeder shrub species in south-eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 369-378

  Muir, Annette M ^a   Vesk, Peter A ^b   Hepworth, Graham ^b  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia; fire interval; fire planning; flower production; plant functional type; response curve; seed production

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FLOWERING; FOREST FIRE; FRUITING; LIFE HISTORY; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SHRUB; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA;

EID: 84908027666     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT14117     Document Type: Article

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