Landscape-scale positive feedbacks between fire and expansion of the large tussock grass, Ampelodesmos mauritanien in Catalan shrablands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1042-1053

  Grigulis, Karl ^a,b   Lavorel, Sandra ^a,c,e   Davies, Ian D ^c   Dossantos, Anabelle ^a   Lloret, Francisco ^d   Vilà, Montserrat ^d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem function; Fire; Functional diversity; Invasion; Land use change; Landscape model; Mediterranean shrubland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GARRAF NATURAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

AMPELODESMOS; AMPELODESMOS MAURITANICA;

EID: 27744555581     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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