History matters: Previous land use changes determine post-fire vegetation recovery in forested Mediterranean landscapes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 279, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-127

  Puerta Piñero, Carolina ^a   Espelta, Josep M ^b   Sánchez Humanes, Belén ^b   Rodrigo, Anselm ^b,c   Coll, Lluís ^a,b   Brotons, Lluís ^a,b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global change; Mediterranean forest; Passive restoration; Pinus; Quercus

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE REGIME; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST AREA; FOREST COVER; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE HISTORY; LAND-USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; PINUS; PINUS SPP; POST-FIRE; POST-FIRE REGENERATIONS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SPP; SEED BANK; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION RECOVERY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; LAND USE; RECOVERY; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST COVER; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; LAND USE; PINUS; PLANTS; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84862644827     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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