Predicting stand damage and tree survival in burned forests in Catalonia (North-East Spain)

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 733-742

  González, José Ramón ^a   Trasobares, Antoni ^b   Palahí, Marc ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ForEcoTechnologies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Damage model; Fire management; Logistic function; Survival model; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DAMAGE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY; PREDICTION; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS PINEA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 36248984322     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007053     Document Type: Article

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