Fires enhance flammability in Ulex parviflorus

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6 páginas, 2 figuras, 2 tablas. ; This work was financed by the VIRRA project (CGL2009-12048 ⁄ BOS) from the Spanish Government. G.A.A. is supported by a Juan de la Cierva scholarship (JDC 2009-5067; Spanish Government) and B.M. by an FCT grant (SFRH ⁄BD⁄ 41343 ⁄ 2007; Portuguese Government). CIDE is supported by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Generalitat Valenciana and the University of Valencia. We thank R. Bossi (CEAM, GRACCIE project, CONSOLIDERINGENIO 2010), E. Beltran, S. Paula, J. Chofre and O. González-Pelayo for their collaboration in the field and laboratory work, M. C. Castellanos for comments on an early version of the manuscript, and Fundación Caja Castellón-Bancaja for permission to work in Barranc dels Horts (Ares del Maestrat). ; Peer reviewed