Response of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) recruitment to fire severity and post-fire management in a coastal burned area in Galicia (NW Spain)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-308

  Vega, José A ^a   Fernández, Cristina ^a   Pérez Gorostiaga, Pedro ^a   Fonturbel, Teresa ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Forestal Lourizan   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire severity; Forest harvesting; Pinus pinaster; Regeneration; Slash management; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 75949125887     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9643-y     Document Type: Article

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