Direct regeneration is not the only response of Mediterranean forests to large fires

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 716-729

  Rodrigo, Anselm ^a   Retana, Javier ^a   Picó, F Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct regeneration; Fire; Mediterranean basin; Pinus species; Postfire recovery; Quercus species; Resprouting; Seeding; Tree distribution

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; TREE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 1642546989     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0492     Document Type: Article

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