Fire intensity and serotiny: Response of germination and enzymatic activity in seeds of Pinus halepensis Mill. from southern Italy

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-59

  Moya, Daniel ^a   De Las Heras, Jorge ^a   Salvatore, Rossella ^b   Valero, Edelmira ^a   Leone, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; Enzymatic activity; Germination; Heat insulation; Resilience; Serotinous cones

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; GERMINATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REFORESTATION; SEED; SEROTINY; TOLERANCE;

ITALY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84871743788     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0236-x     Document Type: Article

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