Resprouting as a key functional trait: how buds, protection and resources drive persistence after fire

Resprouting as a response to disturbance is now widely recognized as a key functional trait among woody plants and as the basis for the persistence niche. However, the underlying mechanisms that define resprouting responses to disturbance are poorly conceptualized. Resprouting ability is constrained...

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Main Authors: Clarke, P., Lawes, M., Midgley, J., Lamont, Byron, Ojeda, F., Burrows, G., Enright, Neal, Knox, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34602