Bud protection: A key trait for species sorting in a forest-savanna mosaic

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1052-1060

  Charles Dominique, Tristan ^a,b   Beckett, Heath ^a   Midgley, Guy F ^b,c   Bond, William J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bark; Biome; Bud protection; Fire frequency; Forest; R mode linked to Q mode (RLQ); Root sucker; Savanna

Indexed keywords

BARK; BUD; DOMINANCE; FOREST FIRE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; RESPROUTING; SAVANNA; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURVIVORSHIP;

AUSTRALIA;

BARK; FIRE; FLOWER; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

FIRES; FLOWERS; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; PLANT BARK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84938423813     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13406     Document Type: Article

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