Variability in organic matter lost by combustion in a boreal bog during the 2001 Chisholm fire

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2509-2513

  Benscoter, Brian W ^a   Wieder, R Kelman ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; COMBUSTION; COMPOSITION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY;

MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SPECIES;

FIRE HAZARDS;

BOG; CARBON FLUX; COMBUSTION; FIRE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CHISHOLM; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642284161     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-162     Document Type: Article

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