Fire and torrential rainfall: Effects on seedling establishment in Mediterranean gorse shrublands

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-422

  De Luís, Martín ^a   Raventós, José ^b   González Hidalgo, José C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erosion; Experimental fire; Rainfall simulation; Ulex parviflorus

Indexed keywords

ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX PARVIFLORUS;

EID: 28444478036     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05037     Document Type: Article

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