Effects of fire frequency on plant communities and landscape pattern in the Massif des Aspres (southern France)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 215-224

  Trabaud, Louis ^a   Galtié, Jean François ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Aspres; Fire; Landscape diversity; Quercus ilex; Quercus suber; Southern france

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FOREST; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUBLAND; WILDFIRE;

FRANCE, PYRENEES, MASSIF DES ASPRES;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 0030425172     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02071812     Document Type: Article

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