Short- and medium-term effects of fire and fire-fighting chemicals on soil micronutrient availability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 297-303

  Garcia Marco S ^a   Gonzalez Prieto S ^a  

^a Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Available micronutrients; Burnt soil; Fire fighting chemicals; Prescribed fire; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS; COPPER; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

AVAILABLE MICRONUTRIENTS; BURNT SOIL; FIRE-FIGHTING CHEMICALS; PRESCRIBED FIRE; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

COBALT; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; ZINC;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRACE ELEMENT; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56249102038     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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