Diversity patterns of plant functional types in relation to fire regime and previous land use in Mediterranean woodlands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 387-398

  Lloret, Francisco ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire disturbance; Functional diversity; Growth form; Mediterranean type ecosystem; Post fire regeneration; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

(NORTHEAST); SPAIN;

EID: 0042641278     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02164.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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