Fire in mediterranean climate ecosystems - A comparative overview

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 123-135

  Keeley, Jon ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chaparral; convergent evolution; fire; fynbos; heathlands; matorral; postfire seeders; resprouters; serotiny

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CHAPARRAL; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FYNBOS; HEATHLAND; LIGHTNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESPROUTING; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; UPLIFT; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; CHILE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879627912     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.58.2-3.123     Document Type: Article

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