Forest fire occurrence increases the distribution of a scarce forest type in the Mediterranean Basin

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-47

  Arnan, Xavier ^a   Quevedo, Lídia ^a   Rodrigo, Anselm ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arbutus unedo; Forest dominance; GIS analysis; Mediterranean; Pinus halepensis; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; FIELD SURVEY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; GIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VEGETATION COVER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84870493258     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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