Impact of fire severity on soil properties and the development of tree and shrub species in a Scots pine moist forest site in southern Poland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 342, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-63

  Dzwonko, Zbigniew ^a   Loster, Stefania ^a   Gawroński, Stefan ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Burn depth; Fire severity; Post fire regeneration; Succession

Indexed keywords

FIRES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BURN DEPTHS; FIRE SEVERITY; POST FIRE REGENERATION; SUCCESSION;

FORESTRY;

COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST SOIL; PIONEER SPECIES; REGENERATION; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; WILDFIRE;

FIRES; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

POLAND;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84922376989     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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