Humus profiles and successional development in a rock savanna (Nouragues inselberg, French Guiana): A micro-morphological approach infers fire as a disturbance event

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Kounda Kiki, Charlotte ^a   Ponge, Jean François ^a   Mora, Philippe ^b   Sarthou, Corinne ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Humus profiles; Plant succession; Small scale disturbances; Tropical inselbergs

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE; HUMUS; INSELBERG; MICROMORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT; SAVANNA; SHRUB; TREE; VEGETATION;

FRENCH GUIANA; NOURAGUES; SOUTH AMERICA;

CLUSIA (ANGIOSPERM); CLUSIA MINOR; CLUSIACEAE; MYRCIA SAXATILIS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 51349134569     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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