Valuing acorn dispersal and resprouting capacity ecological functions to ensure Mediterranean forest resilience after fire

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 835-844

  Puerta Pinero C ^a,b   Brotons, L ^a   Coll, L ^a   Gonzalez Olabarria J R ^a  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecosystem services; Garrulus glandarius; Pinus spp; Quercus spp; Resprouters

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; RESPROUTING; SEED DISPERSAL; VALUATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 84859486353     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-011-0557-6     Document Type: Article

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