Postfire root distribution of Scots pine in relation to fire behaviour

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-362

  Smirnova, Evgeniya ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Brais, Suzanne ^a   Granström, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; SOILS;

ORGANIC SOIL LAYER; POSTFIRE PRODUCTION; ROOT DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BURNING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEPTH; FINE ROOT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 40749136680     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-127     Document Type: Article

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