The role of forest fire severity on vegetation recovery after 18 years. Implications for forest management of Quercus suber L. in Iberian Peninsula

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-16

  Francos, Marcos ^a   Úbeda, Xavier ^a   Tort, Joan ^a   Panareda, Josep María ^a   Cerdà, Artemio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forest abandonment; Forest management; Pinus pinaster ssp.; Plant species inventory; Quercus suber L.

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

FLORISTIC COMPOSITIONS; FOREST ABANDONMENT; HIGH SEVERITY FIRES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PINUS PINASTER; PLANT SPECIES; QUERCUS SUBER L; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REVEGETATION; SHRUB; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84983680564     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.07.016     Document Type: Article

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