Wildfire changes the spatial pattern of soil nutrient availability in Pinus canariensis forests

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-210

  Rodríguez, Alexandra ^a   Durán, Jorge ^a   Fernández Palacios, José María ^b   Gallardo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest wildfire; Ionic exchange membrane; SADIE; Soil nutrient availability; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; ION EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 61849097245     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2008092     Document Type: Article

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