Soil respiration responses to topography, canopy cover, and prescribed burning in an oak-hickory forest in southeastern Ohio

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 94-102

  McCarthy, Dawn R ^a   Brown, Kim J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Hardwoods Region; Fire intensity; Forest management; Landscape position; Prescribed fire; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; SOIL CONSERVATION;

CANOPY COVER (CC); CENTRAL HARDWOODS REGION; FIRE INTENSITY; LANDSCAPE POSITION; PRESCRIBED FIRE; SOIL RESPIRATION;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; SOIL MECHANICS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

CARYA;

EID: 37549026507     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.030     Document Type: Article

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