Selective Shrub Management to Preserve Mediterranean Forests and Reduce the Risk of Fire: The Case of Mainland Portugal

The recurrent rural fires that occur annually in Portugal have reached great proportions due to a lack of effective landscape management. Attempts to solve this problem led to the legal imposition to cut back the vegetation in the fuel management areas, which has had a negative effect on biodiversit...

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Main Author: Raposo, Mauro (author)
Other Authors: Pinto-Gomes, Carlos (author), Nunes, Leonel (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
phytosociology
heliophile shrubs
forest
rural fires
vegetation management
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/30092
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/30092

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http://hdl.handle.net/10174/30092

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