Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Moreira, Francisco (Editor), Arianoutsou, Margarita (Editor), Corona, Piermaria (Editor), De las Heras, Jorge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 24
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Applied ecology.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Forestry management.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Environmental Management.; Applied Ecology.; Plant Ecology.

In spite of all the efforts made in fire prevention and suppression, every year about 45 000 forest fires occur in Europe, burning ca. 0.5 million hectares of forests and other rural lands. The management of these burned forests has been given much less attention than fire prevention or fire suppres...