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Fuel loading and flammability in the Mediterranean Basin woody species with different post-fire regenerative strategies

S. Saura-Mas A D , S. Paula B , J. G. Pausas C and F. Lloret A
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A CREAF (Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications) and Unit of Ecology, Department of Animal and Plant Biology and Ecology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.

B CEAM (Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo), C/Charles R. Darwin 14, Parc Tecnologic, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.

C CIDE-CSIC (Desertification Research Center – Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Camí de la Marjal s/n, Albal, E-46470 Valencia, Spain.

D Corresponding author. Email: s.sauramas@creaf.uab.es

International Journal of Wildland Fire 19(6) 783-794 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF09066
Submitted: 18 June 2009  Accepted: 4 January 2010   Published: 17 September 2010



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