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Fire and ecosystem heterogeneity: A mediterranean case study
Author(s) -
Kutiel Pua
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290190209
Subject(s) - mediterranean climate , ecosystem , fire regime , fire ecology , ecology , geography , environmental science , fire history , environmental resource management , physical geography , climate change , archaeology , biology
The response of a Mediterranean ecosystem to fire is summarized in this paper. The results were obtained over a 3‐year period at sites with a known fire history on Mt Carmel, Israel. The results give some idea of the complexity and variability of the ecosystem response to fire, and about factors that could determine these responses. It also shows how fire increases species and landscape diversity.