Does Fire Trigger Seed Germination in the Neotropical Savannas? Experimental Tests with Six Cerrado Species

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 181-187

  Fichino, Betânia Santos ^a   Dombroski, Julia R G ^a   Pivello, Vânia R ^a   Fidelis, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

campo sujo; Fire prone ecosystems; Heat shock; Smoke; Tropical savanna; Wet grassland

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE; GERMINATION; HERB; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SAVANNA; SEED; SMOKE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84960197330     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12276     Document Type: Article

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