Responses of soil carbon, nitrogen and cations to the frequency and seasonality of prescribed burning in a Cape Cod oak-pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 234-243

  Neill, Christopher ^a   Patterson III, William A ^b   Crary Jr , David W ^c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; Fire season; Pine barrens; Sandplain; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; RESTORATION; SEED; SOILS;

FIRE FREQUENCY; FIRE SEASON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENTS;

FORESTRY;

BURNING; CATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST FIRE; NITROGEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

CARBON; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; RESTORATION; SEEDS;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 34548744016     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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