Effects of fire on the vegetation of a lowland heathland in North-western Italy

Herbaceous Plant Ecology: Recent Advances in Plant Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 359-367

  Borghesio, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Birch; Calluna vulgaris; Conservation; Fire; Heather; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865192801     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2798-6_30     Document Type: Chapter

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