Oak persistence in Mediterranean landscapes: The combined role of management, topography, and wildfires

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Acácio, Vanda ^a,b   Holmgren, Milena ^a   Moreira, Francisco ^b   Mohren, Godefridus M J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agroforestry system; Alternative ecosystem state; Cistus ladanifer; Land degradation; Mediterranean; Portugal; Quercus suber; Shrub encroachment; Succession; Vegetation transition

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

CISTUS LADANIFER; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 78651506848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03740-150440     Document Type: Article

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