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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Paul Ren
dc.contributor.authorCongdon, Robert Aen
dc.contributor.authorGrice, Anthony Cen
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Peter Johnen
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-03T16:44:00Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.citationAustral Ecology, 30(1), p. 79-90en
dc.identifier.issn1442-9993en
dc.identifier.issn1442-9985en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2866-
dc.description.abstractThe germinable soil seed bank of a tropical eucalypt savanna of north-eastern Australia was found to be dominated by grasses and forbs, with seed bank density ranging from 58 to 792 seeds per square metre, from a total of 53 species. Late dry season fires and the fire-related cues, heat shock and smoke, broke the seed dormancy of a range of tropical savanna species. Heat shock promoted the germination of the species groups natives, exotics, subshrubs, ephemeral and twining perennial forbs, and the common species 'Indigofera hirsuta', 'Pycnospora lutescens' and 'Triumfetta rhomboidea'. Exposure to smoke at ambient temperature promoted germination from the soil seed bank of the species groups combined natives, upright perennial forbs and grasses, as well as the common grasses 'Digitaria breviglumis' and 'Heteropogon triticeus'. The germinable soil seed bank varied seasonally, increasing from the mid west season (February) and early dry season (May) to a maximum in the late dry season (October). The effect of recent fire history on soil seed bank dynamics was limited to the immediate release of some seed from dormancy; a reduction in seed densities of subshrubs and monocots, other than grasses, in recently burnt savanna; and enhanced seed density of the ephemeral 'I. hirsuta' in the year following fire. The seed banks of most savanna species were replenished in the year following burning.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asiaen
dc.relation.ispartofAustral Ecologyen
dc.titleGerminable soil seed banks in a tropical savanna: seasonal dynamics and effects of fireen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.tb00368.xen
dc.subject.keywordsPlant Developmental and Reproductive Biologyen
local.contributor.firstnamePaul Ren
local.contributor.firstnameRobert Aen
local.contributor.firstnameAnthony Cen
local.contributor.firstnamePeter Johnen
local.subject.for2008060703 Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biologyen
local.subject.seo2008960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversityen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailpclarke1@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:2162en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage79en
local.format.endpage90en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume30en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.title.subtitleseasonal dynamics and effects of fireen
local.contributor.lastnameWilliamsen
local.contributor.lastnameCongdonen
local.contributor.lastnameGriceen
local.contributor.lastnameClarkeen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:pclarke1en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:2944en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleGerminable soil seed banks in a tropical savannaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an44054088en
local.search.authorWilliams, Paul Ren
local.search.authorCongdon, Robert Aen
local.search.authorGrice, Anthony Cen
local.search.authorClarke, Peter Johnen
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local.year.published2005en
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