Nutrient losses through prescribed burning of aboveground litter and understorey in dry dipterocarp forests of different fire history

Catena

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-332

  Wanthongchai, Kobsak ^a   Bauhus, Jürgen ^a   Goldammer, Johann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dry dipterocarp forest; Fire frequency; Fuel loads; Nutrient losses

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; LITTER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL FERTILITY; UNDERSTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HUAI KHA KHAENG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 48649109840     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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