Cork Oak Vulnerability to Fire: The Role of Bark Harvesting, Tree Characteristics and Abiotic Factors

• Filipe X. Catry ,

  * E-mail: fcatry@isa.utl.pt

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Centre for Applied Ecology, Technical University of Lisbon (CEABN-ISA-UTL), Lisbon, Portugal

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• Francisco Moreira,

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Centre for Applied Ecology, Technical University of Lisbon (CEABN-ISA-UTL), Lisbon, Portugal

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• Juli G. Pausas,

  Affiliation Desertification Research Centre, Spanish National Research Council (CIDE-CSIC), Montcada, Valencia, Spain

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• Paulo M. Fernandes,

  Affiliations School of Agriculture, Centre for Applied Ecology, Technical University of Lisbon (CEABN-ISA-UTL), Lisbon, Portugal, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CIFAP-UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal

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• Francisco Rego,

  Affiliation School of Agriculture, Centre for Applied Ecology, Technical University of Lisbon (CEABN-ISA-UTL), Lisbon, Portugal

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• Enrique Cardillo,

  Affiliation Institute for the Wood, Cork and Charcoal (IPROCOR), Badajoz, Spain

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• Thomas Curt

  Affiliation Mediterranean Ecosystems and Risks Research Unit, National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (EMAX-Irstea), Aix-en-Provence, France

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