Temporal changes in soil organic C under Mediterranean shrublands and grasslands: Impact of fire and drought

Plant and Soil

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 289-300

  Martí Roura, Mireia ^a   Casals, Pere ^b   Romanyà, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abandonment of agricultural land; Model RothC 26.3; Soil organic C stocks and stock changes

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST FIRE; GEOACCUMULATION; GRASSLAND; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT RESIDUE; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650305632     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0485-0     Document Type: Article

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