Post-fire regeneration and diversity response to burn severity in Pinus halepensis Mill. Forests

Forests

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Vega, Sonsoles González De ^a   de las Heras, Jorge ^a   Moya, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine recruitment; Burn severity; Ecosystem recovery; Fire ecology; Natural regeneration; Post fire restoration

Indexed keywords

FIRE RESISTANCE; FIRES; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

ALEPPO PINES; BURN SEVERITY; ECOSYSTEM RECOVERIES; FIRE ECOLOGY; NATURAL REGENERATION; POST-FIRE RESTORATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

FIRE RESISTANCE; FIRES; LAND USE; NATURAL REFORESTATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 85047507085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f9060299     Document Type: Article

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