A model of the recruitment of Pinus nigra from unburned edges after large wildfires

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 405-417

  Ordóñez, José Luis ^a   Molowny Horas, Roberto ^a   Retana, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pinus nigra; Post fire recruitment; Seed dispersal; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA RECORDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFORESTATION; SEED; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PINUS NIGRA; POST-FIRE RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSALS; SIMULATION MODELS;

FORESTRY;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SIMULATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WILDFIRE;

DATA; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFORESTATION; SEEDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 33746291823     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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