Deadwood anisotropic facilitation on seedling establishment after a stand-replacing wildfire in Aosta Valley (NW Italy)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-122

  Marzano, Raffaella ^a   Garbarino, Matteo ^a,c   Marcolin, Enrico ^b   Pividori, Mario ^b   Lingua, Emanuele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italian Alps; Microsite amelioration; Nurse objects; Post fire restoration; Salvage logging

Indexed keywords

ITALIAN ALPS; MICROSITE AMELIORATION; NURSE OBJECT; POST-FIRE RESTORATIONS; SALVAGE LOGGING;

ANISOTROPY; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; NURSING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE;

FIRES;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; BIOTIC FACTOR; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; DRY FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FACILITATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROUND COVER; MICROHABITAT; MOUNTAIN REGION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SOIL MOISTURE; WILDFIRE;

ANISOTROPY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; MOISTURE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEEDS; SOIL;

ALPS; ITALY; VALLE D'AOSTA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 84871963817     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.030     Document Type: Article

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