Influence of tree size, reduced competition, and climate on the growth response of Pinus nigra Arn. salzmannii after fire

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 503-513

  Valor, Teresa ^a   Piqué, Míriam ^a   López, Bernat C ^b   González Olabarria, José Ramón ^c  

^a Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Black pine; Dendrochronology; Fire effects; Long term growth; Low intensity fire; Postfire growth; Surface fire

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; REGENERATION; SIZE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TREE RING; WILDFIRE;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 84878729500     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0284-x     Document Type: Article

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