The managemnent implications of the Mt. Carmel research project

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-350

  Ne'eman, G ^a   Perevolotsky, A ^b   Schiller, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ash; Bast scale; Fire; Fuel breaks; Garrigue; Israel; Management; Mediterranean; Pine forest; Soil erosion; Species richness; Thinning seedlings; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CISTUS; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031351985     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9970343     Document Type: Article

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