From monospecific to mixed forest after fire?. An early forecast for the montane belt of Majella, Italy

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-439

  van Gils, Hein ^a   Odoi, Justice O ^b   Andrisano, Teodoro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Nature Today   (Ghana)

^c Parco Nazionale della Majella   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beech; Botanical biodiversity; Fire detection; Forest fire; Forest regeneration; Park management; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED FARMLAND; BEECH FOREST; EUROPEAN BEECH; FIRE CONTROL; FIRE DETECTION; FIRE FEATURES; FOREST FIRES; FOREST REGENERATION; FRAXINUS ORNUS; LOW PROBABILITY; MIXED FORESTS; NATIONAL PARKS; PARK MANAGEMENT; PINE PLANTATIONS; PINUS NIGRA ARNOLD; POST-FIRE; RESEARCH AREAS; TREE SEEDLINGS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FIRE DETECTORS; PARKS; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FIRES;

ABANDONED LAND; ASTER; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FORECASTING METHOD; FOREST FIRE; MODIS; PARK MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SILVICULTURE; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; FAGUS; FOREST FIRES; FRAXINUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; MAJELLA NATIONAL PARK;

ACER; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ORNUS; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 73049107692     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.040     Document Type: Article

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