An experiment was conducted on a Mediterranean hill range dominated by communities of spiny dwarf-shrubs (mainly prickly burnet Sarcopoterium spinosum (L.) Spach) in order to determine the effects of P fertilizer application, shrub control and fire on the herbaceous and shrub components of the community. Herbicide (2,4-D) application eliminated almost all the shrubs in the first year and their regeneration was relatively slow: 6 years after the application, shrub cover was less than one-third of what it was at the beginning of the experiment. After fire, regeneration was rapid and original shrub cover was restored within 6 years. A single application of phosphorus fertilizer (4.5-9.0 g P m-2) significantly retarded regeneration of shrub cov...
This paper describes experiments undertaken at several sites in semi-arid woodlands of eastern Austr...
Livestock exerts direct and indirect effects on plant communities, changing colonization and extinct...
Prescribed fire has been extensively used in recent years to control woody encroachment into mountai...
The decline of traditional pastoral systems has highlighted the problem of managing shrub encroachme...
Large areas of rangelands in the east Mediterranean Basin are dominated by dense cover of the unpala...
The decline of traditional pastoral systems has highlighted the problem of managing shrub encroachme...
Phryganic rangelands dominated by Sarcopoterium spinosum, a thorny and unpalatable dwarf shrub, are ...
The effect of experimental fire regimes on soil nutrient pool values, surface condition status and h...
The effects of fire on vegetation in the desert mountain shrub community were studied on 3 to 7-year...
Fuel management techniques are commonly used in shrublands to reduce wildfire risk. However, more in...
AbstractA restoration field trial was designed to investigate herbaceous weed control and Sand Fynbo...
Research Station are evaluating a treatment designed to stabilize the soils and increase the abundan...
To evaluate fire effects on the soil seed bank of a Mediterranean heathland, soil and litter samples...
Aim of study: To evaluate how a plant community responded to a backfire that occurred four years aft...
Understanding the drivers of ecological succession requires linking ecological interactions and biod...
This paper describes experiments undertaken at several sites in semi-arid woodlands of eastern Austr...
Livestock exerts direct and indirect effects on plant communities, changing colonization and extinct...
Prescribed fire has been extensively used in recent years to control woody encroachment into mountai...
The decline of traditional pastoral systems has highlighted the problem of managing shrub encroachme...
Large areas of rangelands in the east Mediterranean Basin are dominated by dense cover of the unpala...
The decline of traditional pastoral systems has highlighted the problem of managing shrub encroachme...
Phryganic rangelands dominated by Sarcopoterium spinosum, a thorny and unpalatable dwarf shrub, are ...
The effect of experimental fire regimes on soil nutrient pool values, surface condition status and h...
The effects of fire on vegetation in the desert mountain shrub community were studied on 3 to 7-year...
Fuel management techniques are commonly used in shrublands to reduce wildfire risk. However, more in...
AbstractA restoration field trial was designed to investigate herbaceous weed control and Sand Fynbo...
Research Station are evaluating a treatment designed to stabilize the soils and increase the abundan...
To evaluate fire effects on the soil seed bank of a Mediterranean heathland, soil and litter samples...
Aim of study: To evaluate how a plant community responded to a backfire that occurred four years aft...
Understanding the drivers of ecological succession requires linking ecological interactions and biod...
This paper describes experiments undertaken at several sites in semi-arid woodlands of eastern Austr...
Livestock exerts direct and indirect effects on plant communities, changing colonization and extinct...
Prescribed fire has been extensively used in recent years to control woody encroachment into mountai...