Fire as a disturbance in mediterranean climate streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 719, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 353-382

  Verkaik, Iraima ^a   Rieradevall, Maria ^a   Cooper, Scott D ^b   Melack, John M ^b   Dudley, Tom L ^b   Prat, Narcís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Mediterranean ecosystems; Mediterranean streams

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; STREAMWATER;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 84885022894     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1463-3     Document Type: Review

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