Divergent Fire Regimes in Two Contrasting Mediterranean Chestnut Forest Landscapes

Human Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 205-219

  Seijo, Francisco ^a   Millington, James D A ^b   Gray, Robert ^c   Mateo, Laura Hernández ^d   Sangüesa Barreda, Gabriel ^e   Camarero, J Julio ^e  

^a IE School of International Relations   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RW Gray Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^d Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chestnut forest ecosystems (Castanea sativa mill.); Coupled human and natural systems theory; Dendroecology; Mediterranean fire ecology; Spain; Traditional ecological knowledge; Traditional fire knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURNING; DENDROECOLOGY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

SPAIN;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 85007258316     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-016-9879-9     Document Type: Article

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