Recurrent fires and environment shape the vegetation in Quercus suber L. woodlands and maquis

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 335, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 424-434

  Schaffhauser, Alice ^a,b   Curt, Thomas ^a   Véla, Errol ^b,c   Tatoni, Thierry ^b  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Acidic soil; Cork oak; Erica arborea L.; Fire recurrence; Plant communities

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CISTUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST; FRANCE; HERB; NONHUMAN; OAK; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUERCUS SUBER; SCRUB; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANTS; QUERCUS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CISTUS; ERICA; ERICA ARBOREA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84862901021     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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