Fire severity as a key factor in post-fire regeneration of Pinus pinaster (Ait.) in Central Portugal

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-498

  Maia, Paula ^a   Pausas, Juli G ^b   Vasques, Ana ^a   Keizer, Jan Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire severity; Pinus pinaster; Post fire regeneration; Post fire site conditions

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAMPLING; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

PORTUGAL;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84866008166     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0203-6     Document Type: Article

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