Mulch application as post-fire rehabilitation treatment does not affect vegetation recovery in ecosystems dominated by obligate seeders

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-86

  Santana, Víctor M ^a,b   Alday, Josu G ^b   Baeza, M Jaime ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Basin; Seedling emergence; Seedling establishment; Seedling survival; Soil erosion; Woody chips

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FIRES; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; SOIL EROSION; WOODY CHIPS;

VEGETATION;

EMERGENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULCHING; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; MULCH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SOIL EROSION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84905405009     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.037     Document Type: Article

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