Post-fire tree mortality in mixed forests of central Portugal

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1184-1192

  Catry, F X ^a   Rego, F ^a   Moreira, F ^a   Fernandes, P M ^b   Pausas, J G ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire effects; Mediterranean ecosystems; Modelling; Resprouting; Tree survival; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

FIRE EFFECT; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; MODELLING; RESPROUTING; TREE SURVIVAL; WILDFIRES;

FIRES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

BARK; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WILDFIRE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREES;

PORTUGAL;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 77955770507     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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