Response of plant functional types to changes in the fire regime in Mediterranean ecosystems: A simulation approach

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 717-722

  Pausas, Juli G ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire recurrence; Functional group; Gap modelling; Life form; Spain

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE; REGENERATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CISTUS; ERICA; PINUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032727456     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237086     Document Type: Article

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