Cork oak vulnerability to fire: The role of bark harvesting, tree characteristics and abiotic factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Catry, Filipe X ^a   Moreira, Francisco ^a   Pausas, Juli G ^b   Fernandes, Paulo M ^a,c   Rego, Francisco ^a   Cardillo, Enrique ^d   Curt, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d Institute for the Wood Cork and Charcoal (IPROCOR)   (Spain)

^e UR EMAX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORK TREE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FIRE; FRANCE; HARVESTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRUCTURES; PORTUGAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; WINTER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FIRES; FORESTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT BARK; PLANT STEMS; QUERCUS; TREES;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84862976502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039810     Document Type: Article

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