Selective thinning of Arbutus unedo coppices following fire: Effects on growth at the individual and plot level

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 292, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-63

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

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire prevention; Induced resprouting; Mediterranean; Selective thinning; Strawberry tree

Indexed keywords

FIRE PREVENTION; MEDITERRANEAN; RESPROUTING; SELECTIVE THINNING; STRAWBERRY TREE;

FIREPROOFING; FIRES; FRUITS;

FORESTRY;

COPPICE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIAMETER; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FRUIT; FUELWOOD; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RESPROUTING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

BERRIES; FIRE PREVENTION; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; SPROUTS; THINNING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; ILEX; QUERCUS CERRIOIDES; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84872522226     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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