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RESTORATION OF BURNED AREAS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

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Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue

Part of the book series: NATO Security Through Science Series ((NASTC,volume 3))

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Wildland fire is a major disturbance promoting landscape changes and triggering desertification processes in the Northern Mediterranean basin. Addressing that issue in the long term requires both fire prevention and pot-fire restoration measures. Post-fire restoration should mitigate ecosystem degradation, and improve ecosystem regeneration rate and quality.

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  1. Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterr´neo (CEAM). Parque Tecnológico de Paterna, c Charles R. Darwin, 14. 46980 Paterna, Valencia

    J. A. Alloza & R. Vallejo

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  1. Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.

    William G. Kepner

  2. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desterficacion-CIDE, Valencia, Spain

    Jose L. Rubio

  3. Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

    David A. Mouat

  4. NATO Public Diplomacy Division, Science Committee, Brussels, Belgium

    Fausto Pedrazzini

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Alloza, J., Vallejo, R. (2006). RESTORATION OF BURNED AREAS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS. In: Kepner, W.G., Rubio, J.L., Mouat, D.A., Pedrazzini, F. (eds) Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue. NATO Security Through Science Series, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3760-0_22

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