The influence of wildfire on aqueous-extractable soil solutes in forested and wet meadow ecosystems along the eastern front of the Sierra-Nevada range, California

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-85

  Blank, Robert R ^a   Zamudio, Desiderio C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate, formate, calcium, pH, Pinus jeffreyi; Calocedrus decurrens; Carex microptera; Chloride; Ion chromatography; Magnesium; Nitrate; Potassium; Salix scouleriana

Indexed keywords

CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; CAREX MICROPTERA; PINUS JEFFREYI; SALIX; SALIX SCOULERIANA;

EID: 0032367430     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9980079     Document Type: Article

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