Positive fire-grass feedback in Mediterranean Basin woodlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-14

  Vilà, Montserrat ^a   Lloret, Francisco ^a   Ogheri, Elena ^a   Terradas, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ampelodesmos mauritanica; BEHAVE; Ecological feedback; Fire regime; Grass expansion; Post fire regeneration; Rothermel model

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; SEED; VEGETATION;

FIRE GRASS FEED BACK;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FIRE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AMPELODESMOS MAURITANICA;

EID: 0035877296     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00435-7     Document Type: Article

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