Successional stage after land abandonment modulates fire severity and post-fire recovery in a Mediterranean mountain landscape

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1005-1015

  López Poma, Rosario ^a   Orr, Barron J ^b   Bautista, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

abandoned terraces ecosystem vulnerability; Brachypodium retusum; Pinus halepensis; post fire regeneration; resprouter; seeder; Ulex parviflorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908230424     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF13150     Document Type: Article

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