Temporal and spatial changes in soil carbon and nitrogen after clearcutting and burning of an old-growth Douglas-fir forest

USDA Forest Service - Research Papers RMRS

Volumn , Issue 552, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Antos, Joseph A ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^b   Miller, Richard E ^c   Cromack Jr , Kermit ^d   Halaj, Melora G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadcast burning; Clearcutting; Coast Douglas fir; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen; Soil variability

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CLEARCUTTING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

EID: 0041941410     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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