Have plants evolved to self-immolate?

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue November, 2014, Pages

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   French, Ben J ^a   Prior, Lynda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Evolution; Fire regime; Landscape fire; Niche construction; Plant regeneration; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908619974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00590     Document Type: Review

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