Fire effects on stable isotopes in a Sierran forested watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-100

  Saito, Laurel ^a   Miller, Wally W ^a   Johnson, Dale W ^a   Qualls, Robert G ^a   Provencher, Louis ^b   Carroll, Erin ^a   Szameitat, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; ISOTOPES; WATERSHEDS;

FIRE EFFECTS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WILDFIRE BURN TEMPERATURES;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASH; FIRE; FURNACE; HYPOTHESIS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WATERSHED;

FIRES; ISOTOPES; TREES;

FOREST FIRES; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES;

EID: 33846186380     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0233     Document Type: Article

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