Post-fire wood management alters water stress, growth, and performance of pine regeneration in a Mediterranean ecosystem

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 308, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-239

  Marañón Jiménez, Sara ^a,b   Castro, Jorge ^a   Querejeta, José Ignacio ^c   Fernández Ondoño, Emilia ^a   Allen, Craig D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnt wood; Facilitation; Nurse structures; Pinus pinaster; Post fire restoration; Salvage harvesting

Indexed keywords

BURNT WOOD; FACILITATION; PINUS PINASTER; POST-FIRE RESTORATIONS; SALVAGE HARVESTING;

FIRES; MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION; WOOD;

ECOLOGY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FACILITATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; NURSE PLANT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER STRESS; WOODY DEBRIS;

ECOLOGY; FIRES; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; PINUS PINASTER; RESTORATION; WOOD;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84884979466     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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