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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Contents Vol 19(5)

Long-term post-fire succession of Pinus brutia forest in the east Mediterranean

Ali Kavgacı A , Andraž Čarni B , Saime Başaran A , Mehmet Ali Başaran A , Petra Košir B , Aleksander Marinšek B and Urban Šilc B C
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A Southwest Anatolia Forest Research Institute, POB 264, 07002 Antalya, Turkey.

B Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

C Corresponding author. Email: urban@zrc-sazu.si

International Journal of Wildland Fire 19(5) 599-605 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF08044
Submitted: 26 March 2008  Accepted: 5 March 2010   Published: 9 August 2010

Abstract

We studied post-fire long-term regeneration of a south-western Turkey (Antalya region) forest using the synchronical approach. We analysed species richness patterns and vegetation diversity. Species were grouped according to plant functional types and special emphasis was given to seeders and resprouters. We recorded two plant species richness peaks, with the highest richness immediately following the fire and with the second peak 7 years after disturbance. Beta diversity decreased over time but also showed two peaks. The results of our floristic survey show that the majority of species are present from the beginning of the succession and suggest that Pinus brutia forests of the east Mediterranean basin recover through autosuccession. However, changes in species richness and β diversity indicate successional changes and thus we cannot completely support the model of direct recovery.

Additional keywords: post-fire recovery, Turkey, vegetation.


Acknowledgements

Alan McConnell-Duff and Matjaž Kuntner kindly checked our English. Tatjana Čelik helped us with statistical issues. This work was supported by a grant from ARRS P1–0236 and bilateral grants SLO-TR-2–2006–2009 and TUBITAK-TOVAG-(Slovenya 106O487). We also thank Abdurrahman Çobanoğlu for his help during the field work and Southwest Anatolia Forest Research Institute for logistic support.


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