Vegetation recovery after fuel management in Mediterranean shrublands

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-158

  Baeza, M J ^a,b   Vallejo, V R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burning; Clearing; Fire prone shrubland; Regeneration; Ulex parviflorus

Indexed keywords

BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX PARVIFLORUS;

EID: 43449110109     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2007-7-18339     Document Type: Article

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