Changes in woody plant structure in fire-disturbed caldén forest of the Parque Luro Reserve, Argentina

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 374-380

  Sarasola, José Hernán ^a,c   Bragagnolo, Laura Araceli ^b,d   Sosa, Ramón Alberto ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^c Doñana Biological Station ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Parque Luro Reserve; Prosopis caldenia; Wildfires; Woody plant structure and diversity

Indexed keywords

SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE; WOODY PLANT;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA; PARQUE LURO RESERVE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CALDENIA;

EID: 27144446710     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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