<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Broncano, Maria José</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retana, Javier</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodrigo, Anselm</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Predicting the Recovery of Pinus halepensis and Quercus ilex Forests after a Large Wildfire in Northeastern Spain</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Ecology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">burn severity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mediterranean forest</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">natural regeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">post-fire recovery</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">resilience</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s11258-005-0974-z</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">180</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">47 - 56</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex and Pinus halepensis are two of the most common tree species of the western Mediterranean basin. Both species regenerate reliably after ﬁre: P. halepensis colonizes recently disturbed areas by eﬀective seedling recruitment, while Q. ilex resprouts vigorously after disturbances. For this reason, the natural regeneration of these species after ﬁre should ensure the re-establishment of a forest similar to that which existed before the ﬁre. This study analyzes with a simple simulation model whether or not the relative abundance of monospeciﬁc and mixed forests of these species in the landscape is altered by ﬁre. We also analyze the topographic factors and the forest structure before the ﬁre that determine the changes in forest composition after ﬁre. This study has been carried out in a large ﬁre that occurred in NE Spain. Overall, 33% of plots changed to another community type, but this probability of change varied considerably among community types before the ﬁre. Monospeciﬁc forests of P. halepensis or Q. ilex had a high probability of remaining in their original composition after the ﬁre, whereas the resilience of mixed forests of these two species was quite low. Mixed forests changed for the most part to monospeciﬁc P. halepensis or Q. ilex forests. Analysis of several factors determining these changes indicated that only elevation as a signiﬁcant topographical variable. The eﬀect of ﬁre was to increase the altitudinal diﬀerentiation between the two species. P. halepensis forests that changed to mixed or Q. ilex forests were those of highest elevation, while the mixed and Q. ilex plots that changed to P. halepensis forests were those located at the lowest elevations. Concerning structural variables before ﬁre, density of Q. ilex trees before the ﬁre showed a much greater eﬀect than P. halepensis density in determining the post-ﬁre community. Finally, burn severity also inﬂuenced the changes observed. For both P. halepensis and Q. ilex forests, plots that changed to another forest type were mainly those that burned more severely. In the case of mixed forests, even low ﬁre severities involved high probabilities of change to monospeciﬁc forests.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barberis, a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dettori, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Filigheddu, M. R.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Management problems in Mediterranean cork oak forests: post-fire recovery</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Arid Environments</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">post-fire recovery</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">suckers growth</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140196302910797</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">54</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">565 - 569</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The objective of this paper is to present the results of a long-term research project carried out in north-east Sardinia, which aims to evaluate the effects of three different kinds of forest management (traditional trunk coppicing, branch pruning, and no sylvicultural practice) on the post-fire recovery of a cork oak (Quercus suber L.) stand. The most and the least effective forestry operations appeared to be traditional trunk coppicing and the branch pruning, respectively. Where traditional trunk coppicing is considered strictly necessary, the opportunity of thinning some of the new suckers should be carefully considered, as modern harvesting techniques should be combined with appropriate strategies to protect the soil from erosion.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record></records></xml>