Initial effects of prescribed fire on quality of soil solution and streamwater in the southern Appalachian mountains

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-15

  Elliott, Katherine J ^a   Vose, James M ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Nitrate nitrogen; Restoration; Sediment; Shortleaf pine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRES; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REFORESTATION; SEDIMENTS; SOFTWOODS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NEGATIVELY IMPACTING WATER QUALITY; PRESCRIBED FIRE; RESTORATION BURNS; SHORTLEAF PINE ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL SOLUTION; STREAMWATER NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; STREAMWATER SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PRESCRIBED BURNING; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION; SOIL; SOUTHERN PINES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GYRANS; PINUS ECHINATA; POACEAE; QUERCUS; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 16244392426     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/29.1.5     Document Type: Article

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