Forest fire effects in beech dominated mountain forest of Iran

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2191-2196

  Shafiei, Abbas Banj ^a   Akbarinia, Moslem ^b   Jalali, Gholamali ^b   Hosseini, Seyyed Mohsen ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chestnut leaved oak; Forest structure; Hornbeam; Hyrcanian forest; Maple; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIREPROOFING; FIRES; FRUITS; REFORESTATION;

CHESTNUT-LEAVED OAK; FOREST STRUCTURE; HORNBEAM; HYRCANIAN FORESTS; MAPLE; REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MONTANE FOREST; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ACER; DEFORESTATION; FIRE PROOFING; FIRES; FORESTRY; FRUITS; REFORESTATION;

IRAN;

ACER; ACER CAPPADOCICUM; CARPINUS; CARPINUS BETULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS ORIENTALIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 77950915292     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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