Are wildfires a disaster in the Mediterranean basin? A review

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 713-723

  Pausas, Juli G ^a,d   Llovet, Joan ^a   Rodrigo, Anselm ^b   Vallejo, Ramon ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erosion rates; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Post fire regeneration; Resilience; Resprouting; Soil losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849169056     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07151     Document Type: Review

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