Fire-vegetation interplay in a mosaic structure of Quercus suber woodlands and Mediterranean maquis under recurrent fires

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 730-738

  Schaffhauser, A ^a,b   Curt, T ^a   Tatoni, T ^b  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Acidic soils; Cork oak woodlands (Quercus suber L.); Fire recurrence; Maquis; Structural diversity

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

ACIDIC SOILS; MAQUIS; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITIES; QUERCUS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

FIRES;

ACID SOIL; BASAL AREA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT MOSAIC; LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SCRUB; SHRUBLAND; SUSTAINABILITY; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTIVES; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FRANCE; PLANTS; QUERCUS SUBER;

FRANCE;

CISTUS; ERICA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 80955178307     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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