Fire adaptations in the Canary Islands pine (Pinus canariensis)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 185-196

  Climent, Jos ^a   Tapias, Ral ^b   Pardos, Jos A ^a   Gil, Luis ^a  

^a Fisiologa Y Gentica Forestal

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bark thickness; Cone; Life history; Resprouting; Serotiny; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; FOREST FIRE; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 3042845266     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000029374.64778.68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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