Effects of repeated burning on Mediterranean communities of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 755-764

  Eugenio, Màrcia ^a   Lloret, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire recurrence; Fire regime; Garrigue; Mediterranean vegetation; Pinus halepensis; Plant diversity; Plant richness; Regional pattern; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FLORISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WILDFIRE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; PINUS HALEPENSIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33846938336     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[755:EORBOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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