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International Journal of Botany

Year: 2009 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 107-111
DOI: 10.3923/ijb.2009.107.111
Post-Fire Regeneration of a Pinus brutia (Pinaceae) Forest in Marmaris National Park, Turkey
C. Tavsanoglu and B. Gurkan

Abstract: Post-fire recovery of a Pinus brutia Ten. forest on ophiolithic rocks was studied in Marmaris National Park, southwestern Turkey. Three study sites burned in different years (1999, 1995 and 1979) and a study site not burned for at least 45 years were studied from September 2000-2001. Although some opportunistic species had established in one-year-old site, species composition had been recovered again in older sites. Change in the plant species cover during early post-fire succession was basically different between seeders and resprouters; cover of the seeders increased, but that of resprouters did not change. Post-fire growing line of P. brutia individuals during 22 year period was fitted to a linear regression model (r2 = 0.9995, p<0.001). In conclusion, post-fire regeneration of P. brutia forests on ophiolithic rocks in Marmaris National Park fits to the general autosuccessional model in Mediterranean Basin and fire is a complementary element for these forest ecosystems.

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C. Tavsanoglu and B. Gurkan, 2009. Post-Fire Regeneration of a Pinus brutia (Pinaceae) Forest in Marmaris National Park, Turkey. International Journal of Botany, 5: 107-111.

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