Quantifying char in postfire woody detritus inventories

Fire Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-115

  Donato, Daniel C ^a   Campbell, John L ^b   Fontaine, Joseph B ^c   Law, Beverly E ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Charcoal; Coarse woody debris; Fuel consumption; Planar intercept transect

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; CHARCOAL; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUEL CONSUMPTION; SOIL SCIENCE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 70449562680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19339747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0502104     Document Type: Article

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