A comparison of the resilience of four habitats to fire, and the implications of changes in community composition for conservation: A case study from the serra de monchique, portugal

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-56

  Mitchell, Ruth J ^a,b   Simonson, Will ^c   Flegg, Laura A ^a,e   Santos, Patricia ^c   Hall, Jeanette ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Cruzinha ^*  (Portugal)

^d SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Pioneer Productions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation value; Erica australis; Fire frequency; Life forms; Redundancy analysis; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CISTUS; CISTUS SALVIIFOLIUS; ERICA AUSTRALIS; RHODODENDRON; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX MINOR;

EID: 70349699480     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870902752421     Document Type: Article

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