Sequential Disturbance Effects of Hailstorm and Fire on Vegetation in a Mediterranean-Type Ecosystem

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1121-1134

  Gower, K ^a   Fontaine, J B ^a   Birnbaum, C ^a   Enright, N J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

compound disturbance; defoliation; Eucalyptus; kwongan; linked disturbance; Mediterranean; resprouting; shrubland; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOREGION; FOREST FIRE; ICE STORM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RESPROUTING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEROTINY; SEVERE WEATHER; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 84944356188     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9886-5     Document Type: Article

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