Effects of wildfire season on the resprouting of kermes oak (Quercus coccifera L.)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 15-27

  Konstantinidis, P ^a   Tsiourlis, G ^a   Galatsidas, S ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Kermes oak; Post fire resprout; Quercus coccifera L.; Regeneration; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KERMES OAK; VEGETATIVE PERIODS; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

FIRE; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; QUERCUS; SHRUBS; THICKNESS;

KERMES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 14744287657     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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