Effect of fire and soil texture on soil carbon in a sub-humid savanna (Matopos, Zimbabwe)

Geoderma

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-90

  Bird, M I ^a   Veenendaal, E M ^b   Moyo, C ^c   Lloyd, J ^d   Frost, P ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre   (Botswana)

^c Matopos Research Station   (Zimbabwe)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

C 13; Carbon cycle; Fires; Organic carbon; Savannas; Soil

Indexed keywords

FIRE; SAVANNA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TEXTURE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033953544     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(99)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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