Long-term effects of wildfire on ecosystem properties across an island area gradient

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5621, 2003, Pages 972-975

  Wardle, David A ^a,b   Hörnberg, Greger ^a   Zackrisson, Olle ^a   Kalela Brundin, Maarit ^c   Coomes, David A ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Museum of Forestry   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; SOILS;

WILDFIRE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; PRODUCTIVITY; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; FOREST; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMUS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; PLANTS; SOIL; SWEDEN; TREES;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; SOIL;

SWEDEN;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037655983     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082709     Document Type: Article

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