Litter burning does not equally affect seedling emergence of native and alien species of the Mediterranean-type Chilean matorral

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-221

  Gómez González, Susana ^a,b   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Exotic plants; Fuel heterogeneity; Heat; Mediterranean shrublands; Smoke

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349093464     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07074     Document Type: Article

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