A grass–fire cycle eliminates an obligate-seeding tree in a tropical savanna

A grass–fire cycle in Australian tropical savannas has been postulated as driving the regional decline of the obligate-seeding conifer Callitris intratropica and other fire-sensitive components of the regional flora and fauna, due to proliferation of flammable native grasses. We tested the hypothesi...

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Main Authors: Bowman, David M J S, MacDermott, Harry J, Nichols, Scott C, Murphy, Brett P
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242569/