Response of woody and herbaceous fuel to repeated fires in Mediterranean gorse shrublands

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 508-514

  Santana, Victor M ^a,b   Baeza, M Jaime ^a   Marrs, Rob H ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dead fuels; feedback; flammability; HOF models; obligate seeders; succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879571906     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12036     Document Type: Article

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