Role of heat tolerance and cone protection of seeds in the response of three pine species to wildfires

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-99

  Habrouk, Abdessamad ^a   Retana, Javier ^a   Espelta, Josep Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cone opening; Large wildfires; Pine; Postfire regeneration; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; REGENERATION; SEED; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WILDFIRE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0033388031     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009851614885     Document Type: Article

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