Climatic trends, disturbances and short-term vegetation dynamics in a Mediterranean shrubland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-37

  De Luís, Martín ^a   Francisca García Cano, Maria ^a   Cortina, Jordi ^a   Raventós, José ^a   Carlos González Hidalgo, José ^b   Rafael Sánchez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire; Functional groups; Rainfall; Seeder and resprouter species; Short term responses; Trends analysis; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRAJECTORIES; VEGETATION;

SHURBLANDS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; SHRUBLAND; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SPAIN;

ULEX PARVIFLORUS;

EID: 0342592330     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00438-2     Document Type: Article

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