Studies on fire in Scottish heathland communities. III. Vital attributes of the species

R. J. Hobbs; A. U. Mallik; C. H. Gimingham

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Studies on fire in Scottish heathland communities. III. Vital attributes of the species

R. J. Hobbs, A. U. Mallik, C. H. Gimingham

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Abstract

Most of the vascular species possess 2 main mechanisms for persistence during disturbance and subsequent re-establishment: 1) an ability to regrow vegetatively and 2) storage of seed in the soil. Only Betula spp. depend on seed dispersal into an area after fire. Variations in post-fire vegetation development are discussed in terms of the varying availability of propagules and regeneration centres in stands of different ages, mediated by the timing of critical life history events for the major species groups.-from Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	963-976
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Ecology
Volume	72
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2259544
Publication status	Published - 1984
Externally published	Yes

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