Fire-type and forestry management effects on the early postfire vegetation dynamics of a Pinus pinaster woodland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-41

  Pérez, Beatriz ^a   Moreno, José M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistus ladanifer; Crown fire; Fire severity; Leguminosae; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Spain; Surface fire

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FIRE; FORESTRY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SPAIN;

CISTACEAE; CISTUS LADANIFER; LEGUMINOSAE; PINACEAE; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 0031883018     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009733818670     Document Type: Article

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