Post-fire succession of black pine (<i>Pinus nigra</i>) forest vegetation under different fire regimes
Journal: Acta Botanica Croatica
Year: 2024

The black pine is a characteristic Mediterranean pine species and extends from Spain eastward to Southern France, Italy, Austria, the Balkans and Türkiye. Black pine is a fire tolerator and has a distinctive natural fire regime differently from the serotinous red pine and Aleppo pine forests in Mediterranean. Black pine forests are one of the ecosystems that are most affected by changing fire regimes. Fires in these forests generally occur as low intensity surface fires. The black pine is a ligh