Postfire regeneration dynamics in a Mediterranean type ecosystem in Sithonia, northern Greece: ten years after the fire
Postfire regeneration dynamics was studied in an open Pinus halepensis woodland, in Sithonia northern Greece. During ten years after fire, data collected included plant species composition, density, height and biomass. Analysis by the Sorenson's similarity index was used to estimate changes in floristic composition, while structural data (species height, biomass and density) were used to estimate the differences of the current status from the previous one. The findings showed that the regeneration took place immediately after fire, mainly by resprouting species while the obligated seeders appeared later (after autumn) in the same year. However, ten years after the fire the ecosystem is dominated by the maquis species that existed prefire and it seems that the process of regeneration is towards to reform the previous ecosystem. The number of Pinus hale-pensis seedlings is relative low but it seems adequate to secure the presence of the species in the fu-ture ecosystem at least in the same proportion as it was before the fire.
- Σύντομος Τίτλος: Postfire regeneration dynamics in a Mediterranean type ecosystem in Sithonia, northern Greece
- Ψηφιακό Αρχείο: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267778649_Postfire_regeneration_dynamics_in_a_Mediterranean_type_ecosystem_in_Sithonia_northern_Greece_ten_years_after_the_fire
- Εκδότης:
- Δημιουργός: Ganatsas P.P., T.D. Zagas, M.N. Tsakaldimi & T.K. Tsitsoni
- Πηγή: Research Gate
- Ιστότοπος: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267778649_Postfire_regeneration_dynamics_in_a_Mediterranean_type_ecosystem_in_Sithonia_northern_Greece_ten_years_after_the_fire
- Γλώσσα: Αγγλική
- Άδεια Χρήσης: Ελεύθερη χρήση/διανομή (public domain - open access)
- Έτος: 2004
- Βιβλιογραφία: Ganatsas P.P., T.D. Zagas, M.N. Tsakaldimi & T.K. Tsitsoni. 2004. Postfire regeneration dynamics in a Mediterranean type ecosystem in Sithonia, northern Greece: ten years after the fire. In: Arianoutsou & Papanastasis (eds). 2004. Proceedings 10th MEDECOS Conference, April 25 – May 1, 2004, Rhodes, Greece
