Key ecological function of charcoal from wildfire in the boreal forest

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-19

  Zackrisson, Olle ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a   Wardle, David A ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; CROWBERRY; FIRE;

SWEDEN;

EMPETRACEAE; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 0030302148     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545580     Document Type: Article

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