Fire and resprouting in Mediterranean ecosystems: Insights from an external biogeographical region, the mexical shrubland

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1655-1661

  Lloret, Francisco ^a   Verdú, Miguel ^b   Flores Hernández, Noe ^c   Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^c  

^a Ctr Recerca Ecologica i A   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Fire; Mediterranean; Mexico; Resprouting; Seeder; Shrubland; Tehuacan Valley

Indexed keywords

FIRE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SHRUBLAND;

CALIFORNIA; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033298499     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656663     Document Type: Article

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