Post-fire regeneration thinning, cone production, serotiny and regeneration age in Pinus halepensis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Verkaik, Iraima ^a   Espelta, Josep M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; Mediterranean forests; Pinus halepensis; Post fire regeneration; Seed bank; Thinning

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

ALEPPO PINE; MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS; POST-FIRE REGENERATION; SEED BANK;

FIRE PROTECTION;

CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RECOLONIZATION; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEROTINY; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRES; PINUS HALEPENSIS; THINNING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 33745925899     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.041     Document Type: Article

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