Post-fire bryophyte dynamics in Mediterranean vegetation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-268

  Esposito, A ^a   Mazzoleni, S ^b   Strumia, S ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire intensity; Macchia; Propagule; Southern Italy; Spore; Succession

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; FIRE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION;

(SOUTHERN); ITALY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARBULA CONVOLUTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BRYUM CAPILLARE CAPILLARE; BRYUM DUNENSE; BRYUM RADICULOSUM; BRYUM RUDERALE; BRYUM TORQUESCENS; CONVOLUTA; FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA; PLEUROCHAETE SQUARROSA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SQUARROSA; TORTELLA FLAVOVIRENS; TORTULA RURALIFORMIS; TORTULA RURALIS;

EID: 0033117757     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237147     Document Type: Article

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