Structural patterns and biodiversity in burned and managed Aleppo pine stands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-228

  Moya, D ^a   De Las Heras, J ^a   Lopez Serrano F R ^a   Condes, S ^b   Alberdi, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest management; Mediterranean; Natural regeneration; Pinus halepensis Mill.; Post fire; SE Spain

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LICHEN; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 58149199914     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9446-6     Document Type: Article

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