Soil properties in fire-consumed log burnout openings in a Missouri oak savanna

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 192, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 277-284

  Rhoades, C C ^a   Meier, A J ^b   Rebertus, A J ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Fire behavior; Missouri Ozarks; Prescribed fire; Soil nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

FIRE-PRONE ECOSYSTEMS; LOG BURNOUT AREAS; PLANT COLONIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOILS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FIRE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POROSITY; SAVANNA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 1942446336     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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