Fire recurrence and emergency post-fire management influence seedling recruitment and growth by altering plant interactions in fire-prone ecosystems

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 402, Issue , 2017, Pages 63-75

  Taboada, Angela ^a   Tárrega, Reyes ^a   Marcos, Elena ^a   Valbuena, Luz ^a   Suárez Seoane, Susana ^a   Calvo, Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Large fires; Natural regeneration; Pinus pinaster; Post fire restoration

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEED;

FACILITATION; INTER-SPECIFIC COMPETITIONS; MECHANICAL SITE PREPARATION; NATURAL REGENERATION; NATURALLY REGENERATED SEEDLINGS; PINUS PINASTER; PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION; POST-FIRE RESTORATIONS;

FIRES;

BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; GROWTH; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUCCESSION; TIMBER; WILDFIRE;

COMPETITION; FOREST FIRES; REFORESTATION;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 85026209704     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.07.029     Document Type: Article

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