Interval squeeze: Altered fire regimes and demographic responses interact to threaten woody species persistence as climate changes

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 265-272

  Enright, Neal J ^a   Fontaine, Joseph B ^a   Bowman, David M J S ^b   Bradstock, Ross A ^c   Williams, Richard J ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 84928760534     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140231     Document Type: Article

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