Lack of regeneration and climatic vulnerability to fire of Scots pine may induce vegetation shifts at the southern edge of its distribution

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 488-496

  Vilà Cabrera, Albert ^a   Rodrigo, Anselm ^a   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b   Retana, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic vulnerability; Fire regime; Pinus sylvestris; Recolonization; Regeneration; Southern distribution limit; Spain; Species range; Vegetation shifts

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST EDGE; FOREST FIRE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RECOLONIZATION; REGENERATION; REPLACEMENT; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHRUBLAND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VULNERABILITY;

SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 84857111329     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02615.x     Document Type: Article

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