Effects of prescribed fire on soil quality in Mediterranean grassland (Prades Mountains, north-east Spain)

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-384

  Úbeda, Xavier ^a   Lorca, Marc ^a   Outeiro, Luís R ^a   Bernia, Sara ^a   Castellnou, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Grup de Recolzament a Actuacions Forestals (GRAF)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Chemical changes; Forest management; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444457014     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05040     Document Type: Article

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