A soil burn severity index for understanding soil-fire relations in tropical forests

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 563-568

  Jain, Theresa B ^a   Gould, William A ^b   Graham, Russell T ^a   Pilliod, David S ^c   Lentile, Leigh B ^d   González, Grizelle ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FOREST FLOOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 59049101253     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-37.7.563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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