Spatial and temporal patterns of plant functional types under simulated fire regimes

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 484-492

  Pausas, Juli G ^a,b   Lloret, F ^c  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FATE model; Landscape model; Mediterranean; Resprouter; Seeder; Simulation; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548093022     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06109     Document Type: Article

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