Comparing survival and size of resprouts and planted trees for post-fire forest restoration in central Portugal

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 870-873

  Moreira, Francisco ^a   Catry, Filipe ^a   Lopes, Tito ^a   Bugalho, Miguel N ^a   Rego, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assisted restoration; Fire; Mediterranean; Passive restoration; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED RESTORATION; BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; BURNED AREAS; DIRECT-SEEDING; FOREST RESTORATIONS; GROWING PERIODS; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN BASINS; NATURAL REGENERATIONS; OAK TREES; PASSIVE RESTORATION; PLANT HEIGHTS; PLANTED TREES; PORTUGAL; POST FIRES; QUERCUS; RESPROUTING; SIMILAR PATTERNS; SPROUTING;

FIRES; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIRECT DRILLING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BASAL AREA; CONSERVATION; FOREST FIRES; NURSERIES; PLANTS; QUERCUS; RESTORATION; SPROUTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; QUERCUS FAGINEA;

EID: 64649099653     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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