Germination of an obligate seeder (Ulex parviflorus) and consequences for wildfire management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 685-693

  Baeza, M Jaime ^a,b   Roy, Jacques ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Clearing; Control burning; Fuel reduction; Light quality; Moisture fluctuations; Slash; Temperature fluctuations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BRUSHES; FORESTRY; KETONES; MANAGEMENT; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEED; SOILS; SUN; VEGETATION;

BARE SOILS; CONTROL METHODS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; FUEL REDUCTION; IN ORDER; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INHIBITING EFFECTS; INTENSE (CO); INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NECROMASS; RED:FAR RED RATIO; SEED COATS; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT; SOIL SURFACES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT;

FIRES;

DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SHRUB; SOLAR RADIATION; WILDFIRE;

BRUSHES; CELLULOSE; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FOREST FIRES; GERMINATION; KETONES; MOISTURE; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEDS; SLASH; SOIL;

ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX PARVIFLORUS;

EID: 46849120428     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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