Post-fire regeneration in a Mediterranean pine forest with historically low fire frequency

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-298

  Buhk, Constanze ^a   Götzenberger, Lars ^b   Wesche, Karsten ^a   Gómez, Pedro Sánchez ^c   Hensen, Isabell ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

(Auto)succession; DCA; Murcia; PCA; Pinus halepensis; Pre adaptation; Spain; Species richness; Species similarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MURCIA [MURCIA (ADS/PRV)]; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SIERRA DE RICOTE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANAGALLIS; ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS; FUMANA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; RESEDA PHYTEUMA;

EID: 33845340076     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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