Factors controlling seedling germination after fire in Mediterranean gorse shrublands. Implications for fire prescription

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-166

  De Luis, Martin ^a,b   Raventos J ^c   Gonzalez Hidalgo J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistus albidus; Fire severity; Mediterranean ecosystems; Rosmarinus officinalis; Ulex parviflorus

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GERMINATION; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

AFTER FIRES; CISTUS ALBIDUS; FIRE SEVERITY; FUEL CONTROL; GORSE SHRUBLAND; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; PRESCRIBED FIRES; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; ULEX PARVIFLORUS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

FIRES;

FIRE; GERMINATION; SEEDLING;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; SCRUB; VEGETATION;

EID: 20444374725     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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