Local lithological drivers of post-fire vegetation recovery and implications for fire-prone regions

Ecological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 37-49

  Torres, João ^a   Marques, Joana ^a   Alves, Paulo ^a   Costa, Hermenegildo ^b   Honrado, João ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e   (Timor-Leste)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bedrock type; Fire history; Local resilience; Plant traits; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FIRE HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCRUB; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84996528209     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-016-1415-2     Document Type: Article

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