Post-fire spread of alien plant species in a mixed broad-leaved forest of the Insubric region

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-29

  Maringer, Janet ^a   Wohlgemuth, Thomas ^b   Neff, Christophe ^c   Pezzatti, Gianni Boris ^b   Conedera, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ailanthus altissima; Castanea sativa; Fire succession; Robinia pseudacacia; Southern Alps; Stool shoots

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS BURNING; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MIXED FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SURVIVAL;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; CASTANEA SATIVA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 82755187475     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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