Fire effects on belowground sustainability: A review and synthesis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 51-71

  Neary, Daniel G ^a   Klopatek, Carole C ^b   DeBano, Leonard F ^c   Ffolliott, Peter F ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Microbial ecology; Nutrients; Organic matter; Physical properties; Soils

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EROSION; FIRE; LEACHING; NUTRIENT;

FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0033552059     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00032-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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