Fire and Vegetation in the Mediterranean Basin. LeHouerou, H. N. In Proceedings 13th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, pages 237–277. Tall Timbers Research.
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'The Mediterranean vegetation is very sensitive to fire owing to the nature of the climate. Man burned the forest for several thousands of years in search for better pastures and cropland. At present, fire destroys about 200,000 ha yearly of forest and shrubland in the Mediterranean, causing a \$50 million annual loss. This is why the Mediterranean vegetation is dominated by pyrophytes; we, therefore, do not know what really is the 'climax' vegetation. Some species which are extremely susceptible to fire (for instance Laurus nobilis which burns like gasoline) are now very rare and may even have totally disappeared. What was their role in the Mediterranean vegetation prior to man's interference?'
@inproceedings{lehouerouFireVegetationMediterranean1974,
  title = {Fire and Vegetation in the {{Mediterranean}} Basin},
  booktitle = {Proceedings 13th {{Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference}}},
  author = {LeHouerou, H. N.},
  date = {1974},
  pages = {237--277},
  publisher = {{Tall Timbers Research}},
  issn = {0082-1527},
  url = {https://www.frames.gov/rcs/ttrs/9000/9766.html},
  abstract = {'The Mediterranean vegetation is very sensitive to fire owing to the nature of the climate. Man burned the forest for several thousands of years in search for better pastures and cropland. At present, fire destroys about 200,000 ha yearly of forest and shrubland in the Mediterranean, causing a \$50 million annual loss. This is why the Mediterranean vegetation is dominated by pyrophytes; we, therefore, do not know what really is the 'climax' vegetation. Some species which are extremely susceptible to fire (for instance Laurus nobilis which burns like gasoline) are now very rare and may even have totally disappeared. What was their role in the Mediterranean vegetation prior to man's interference?'},
  keywords = {~INRMM-MiD:c-13795957,forest-fires,mediterranean-region,post-fire-vegetation-dynamics},
  venue = {Tallahassee, FL}
}

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