Interactions between mediterranean shrub species eight years after experimental fire

Plant Ecology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-241

  Marcos, Elena ^a   Tárrega, Reyes ^a   Luis Calabuig, Estanislao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Cytisus spp. Erica australis; Fire; Mediterranean shrublands

Indexed keywords

FIRE; HEATHLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYTISUS; ERICA; ERICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 11144356898     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000021680.90279.bc     Document Type: Article

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