Effects of Repeated Fires on the Structure, Composition, and Dynamics of Mediterranean Maquis: Short- and Long-Term Perspectives

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 478-488

  Malkisnon, Dan ^a   Wittenberg, Lea ^a   Beeri, Ofer ^a   Barzilai, Ronel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Markov model; Mediterranean ecosystem; remote sensing; repeated fires; soil erosion; vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HERB; MARKOV CHAIN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCRUB; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MOUNT CARMEL;

EID: 79953218695     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9424-z     Document Type: Article

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