Plant and soil carbon accumulation following fire in Mediterranean woodlands in Spain

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 533-543

  Kaye, Jason Philip ^a   Romanyà, Joan ^b   Vallejo, V Ramón ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Garrigue; Pinus halepensis; Quercus coccifera; Succession

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GEOACCUMULATION; OVERSTORY; SOIL CARBON; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PINE; SOIL; SPAIN; TIME; TREE;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; PINUS; QUERCUS; SOIL; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 77956649449     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1659-4     Document Type: Article

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