Clearfelling and burning effects on nitrogen mineralization and leaching in soils of old-age Eucalyptus regnans forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 13-24

  Weston, Christopher J ^a   Attiwill, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Fire; Immobilization; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; MYRTACEAE;

CLEARFELLING; FIRE; FOREST; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; SOIL;

EID: 0030301581     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03871-6     Document Type: Article

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