DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.014
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84902151906
论文题名: The influence of short-interval recurrent forest fires on the abundance of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) on Mount Carmel, Israel
作者: Tessler N. ; Wittenberg L. ; Provizor E. ; Greenbaum N.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2014
卷: 324 起始页码: 109
结束页码: 116
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Mediterranean ecosystems
; Mount Carmel
; Pinus halepensis
; Recurrent forest fires
Scopus关键词: Deforestation
; Ecosystems
; Reforestation
; Environmental factors
; Forest fires
; Mediterranean ecosystem
; Mediterranean-type ecosystems
; Mount Carmel
; Pinus halepensis
; Pinus halepensis mills
; Regeneration dynamics
; Fires
; abundance
; coniferous forest
; environmental factor
; fire behavior
; fire management
; forest fire
; forest management
; Mediterranean environment
; recurrence interval
; seed bank
; spatial distribution
; Deforestation
; Ecosystems
; Forest Fires
; Pinus Halepensis
; Reforestation
; Haifa [Israel]
; Israel
; Mount Carmel
; Pinus halepensis
英文摘要: The increasing number of fires, fire size, and decreasing fire recurrence intervals are major environmental factors in Mediterranean-type ecosystems, and are known to affect Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) forests. The fact that in the Mediterranean basin most fires are man-made increases the danger of fires recurring at short intervals. P. halepensis is a lowland Mediterranean species with a disjunct east-Mediterranean population in Israel and Jordan, with the Mount Carmel population as one of the few native pine forests in Israel.Here we assess the effect of recurrent fires on the regeneration and spatial distribution of P. halepensis, as reflected by the number of trees at 18 sites, according to the number of previous fires and the time elapsed since the last fire. At each site, 100×1m-2 squares were randomly placed to record numbers of trees. Results indicate that in most cases the number of pines per unit area is inversely proportional to the number of fires. For example, tree density in sites that were last burnt during the spring of 2005, varied between 1.2treesm-2 (single-fire), and 0.25 and 0.39treesm-2 in two- and three-fire sites, respectively, while in the unburnt control sites pine density was 0.46treesm-2. The effect of recurrent fires, however, was particularly evident when the time interval between two successive fires was shorter than 20years - the time needed for P. halepensis trees to mature and produce an adequate canopy seed bank. Apparently, not only the number of fires, but also the fire season has a major effect on regeneration dynamics. Although frequent recurrent fires reduce the number of pines at the site, their total elimination from any site never occurred, demonstrating the resilience of this species and its accommodation to short-interval recurrent fires. These results are crucial for establishing post-fire management programmes in fire-prone Mediterranean ecosystems. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65948
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作者单位: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Haifa 3498838, Israel; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Haifa 3498838, Israel; Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa - Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Recommended Citation:
Tessler N.,Wittenberg L.,Provizor E.,et al. The influence of short-interval recurrent forest fires on the abundance of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) on Mount Carmel, Israel[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2014-01-01,324