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Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Restoration Approaches in Southern European Forest Types

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Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests

Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems ((MAFE,volume 24))

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In this chapter we start by making an overview of plant adaptations to fire and post-fire response types, which will determine the post-fire management alternatives that might be used in specific forest and shrubland types. Some implications of climate change on fire regimes and plant responses are addressed, and the more fire prone forest types in Southern Europe are identified. We finish by discussing the major post-fire questions and management alternatives faced by forest managers, common to all forest and shrubland types affected by wildfires. These include measures to protect soil and reduce erosion risk, how to manage the burned trees, the use of restoration or conversion, active or indirect restoration, the management of herbivory, alien species, and pests and diseases.

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Acknowledgments

Many of the ideas expressed here started being developed at the PHOENIX project centre of the European Forest Institute. CEAM is supported by Generalitat Valenciana and Bancaja. CEAM contribution is based in the research conducted in the projects GRACCIE (CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010), PROMETEO-FEEDBACKS and FUME (EC FP7 nr. 243888). ISA contribution benefited from activities within the FIREREG project (contract PTDC/AGR-CFL/099420/2008) funded by FCT (Portugal). The authors would like to thank Dr Ioanna Louvrou Curator of University of Athens Botanical Museum for her support in preparing the photographic plates.

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Vallejo, V.R., Arianoutsou, M., Moreira, F. (2012). Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Restoration Approaches in Southern European Forest Types. In: Moreira, F., Arianoutsou, M., Corona, P., De las Heras, J. (eds) Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2208-8_5

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