First results on early post-fire succession in an Abies cephalonica forest (Parnitha National Park, Greece)

IForest

Volumn 5, Issue FEBRUARY, 2012, Pages 6-12

  Ganatsas, Petros ^a   Daskalakou, Evangelia ^b   Paitaridou, Despina ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c Development and Forest Protection and Natural Environment   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecological succession; Greek fir; Planting performance; Spontaneous regeneration

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES CEPHALONICA;

EID: 84861746034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0600-008     Document Type: Article

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