Initial response of soil nutrient pools to prescribed burning and thinning in a managed forest ecosystem of northern alabama

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 285-292

  Nobles, Maria M ^a   Dillon Jr , Wallace ^a   Mbila, Monday ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; APPALACHIANS; C AND N POOLS; CARBON AND NITROGENS; DEGRADED FORESTS; DISTURBANCE REGIMES; FOREST FLOORS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGED FORESTS; MG CONCENTRATIONS; N CONTENTS; NA CONCENTRATIONS; NATIONAL FORESTS; PH VALUES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL ACIDITIES; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL SURFACES; STUDY SITES; TOTAL CARBONS;

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; FLOORS; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; SODIUM; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST MANAGEMENT; ION EXCHANGE; PH; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL NUTRIENT; THINNING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; SODIUM; SOIL;

ALABAMA; BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549094628     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0137     Document Type: Article

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