Management of burnt wood after fire affects post-dispersal acorn predation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-352

  Puerta Pinero C ^a   Sanchez Miranda A ^a   Leverkus, A ^a   Castro, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Post fire restoration; Quercus ilex subsp. ballota; Salvage logging; Sierra Nevada National Park; Slash management; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MAMMALS; WOOD;

POST-FIRE RESTORATIONS; QUERCUS ILEX SUBSP. BALLOTA; SALVAGE LOGGING; SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARKS; SLASH MANAGEMENTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

FIRES;

BIOMASS; BURNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSAL; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUIT; PIG; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTEBRATE; WOODY DEBRIS;

FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LOGGING; QUERCUS ILEX; RESTORATION; SLASH; WOOD;

ANDALUCIA; SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

EID: 77954818848     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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