Resistance to wildfire and early regeneration in natural broadleaved forest and pine plantation

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 626-633

  Proença, Vânia ^a   Pereira, Henrique M ^a,b   Vicente, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest plantation; Natural forest; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MORTALITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; DABOECIA CANTABRICA; ERICA ARBOREA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX SUBSP. HIBERNICA; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ROBUR; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX MINOR;

EID: 78649786159     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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