Resprouting of saplings following a tropical rainforest fire in north-east Queensland, Australia

In 2002, fire burnt areas of Mesophyll‐ and Notophyll Vine Forest in the Smithfield Conservation Park near Cairns, Australia. We assessed the ability of rainforest plant species to persist through fire via resprouting. Natural rates of mortality and resprouting in unburnt areas were assessed for all...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Austral ecology 2005-12, Vol.30 (8), p.817-826
Hauptverfasser:	Marrinan, M.J, Edwards, W, Landsberg, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Australia Biological and medical sciences El Niño fire fire ecology Forest & brush fires forest ecology forest fires forest trees Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects juvenility Mortality natural regeneration Planting rainforest Rainforests resprouting saplings sprouting Trees tropical rain forests
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Zusammenfassung:	In 2002, fire burnt areas of Mesophyll‐ and Notophyll Vine Forest in the Smithfield Conservation Park near Cairns, Australia. We assessed the ability of rainforest plant species to persist through fire via resprouting. Natural rates of mortality and resprouting in unburnt areas were assessed for all saplings (stems
ISSN:	1442-9985 1442-9993
DOI:	10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01513.x