Fuel characterization and effects of wildfire recurrence on vegetation structure on limestone soils in southeastern France

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Ganteaume, Anne ^a   Marielle, Jappiot ^a   Corinne, Lampin Maillet ^a   Thomas, Curt ^a   Laurent, Borgniet ^a  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

Author keywords

Fire interval; Pinus halepensis; Shrubland; Vegetation structure; Wildfire recurrence; Wildland fuel

Indexed keywords

FIRE INTERVALS; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE RISKS; FUEL CHARACTERIZATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LITTER DEPTH; LITTER LAYER; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; PINE STAND; SHRUBLANDS; SINGLE SPECIES; STAND LEVELS; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; TIME INTERVAL; TREE COVER; UNDERSTOREY; VEGETATION PATCHES; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDLAND FUELS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS;

VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; FRAGMENTATION; FUEL; LIMESTONE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SHRUBLAND; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; DISASTERS; FIRES; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PLANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 71649085801     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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