Fire and topographic effects on decomposition rates and N dynamics of buried wood in tallgrass prairie

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-329

  O'Lear, H A ^a   Seastedt, T R ^b   Briggs, J M ^a   Blair, J M ^a   Ramundo, R A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIED WOOD; FIRE; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT GROWTH; PRAIRIE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029667111     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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