@article{fdi:010041552,
  title = {{L}ong-term forest dynamic after land abandonment in a fire prone {M}editerranean landscape (central {C}orsica, {F}rance)},
  author = {{M}ouillot, {F}lorent and {R}atte, {J}.{P}. and {J}offre, {R}. and {M}ouillot, {D}. and {R}ambal, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}wo hundred years of landscape changes were studied on a 3,760 ha area of central {C}orsica ({F}rance) representing a typical {M}editerranean environment. {D}ifferent historical sources, including an accurate land-cover map from 1774 and statistics on land cover from 1848 and 1913, were used. {T}hree additional maps (1960, 1975 and 1990) were drawn, and a complete fire history from 1957 to 1997 was created. {F}orests expanded slowly by a border effect. {F}orest expansion was more rapid in unburnt sites (0.59% per year) than in burnt sites (0.23% per year), mostly because the initial amount of forests was greater. {B}ecause of the border effect, the combination of past landscape pattern and short distance colonization abilities of forest species may have allowed the shrublands to persist in some places after land abandonment. {T}his persistence may explain the pattern of fire in the landscape, since shrubland burn more readily than forests.},
  keywords = {land cover change ; landscape patterns ; {M}editerranean type ecosystem ; transition matrix ; {FRANCE} ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE} ; {CORSE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{L}andscape {E}cology},
  volume = {20},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {101--112},
  ISSN = {0921-2973},
  year = {2005},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10980-004-1297-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010041552},
}