Prescribed burning and mechanical thinning effects on belowground conditions and soil respiration in a mixed-conifer forest, California

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1324-1332

  Ryu, Soung Ryoul ^a   Concilio, Amy ^b   Chen, Jiquan ^c   North, Malcolm ^d   Ma, Siyan ^e  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic soil respiration; Burning; Heterotrophic soil respiration; Root; Soil respiration; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUTOTROPHIC SOIL RESPIRATION; BURNING; HETEROTROPHIC SOIL RESPIRATION; ROOT; SOIL RESPIRATION; THINNING;

SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; THINNING;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROUND WATER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; RESPIRATION; SOFTWOODS; SOIL ANALYSIS; THINNING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TEAKETTLE EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 58549121387     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.033     Document Type: Article

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