Effects of a low severity prescribed fire on water-soluble elements in ash from a cork oak (Quercus suber) forest located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-247

  Pereira, Paulo ^a,b,c   beda, Xavier ^a   Martin, Deborah ^d   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^e   Guerrero, César ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ash; Iberian Peninsula; Prescribed fire; Quercus robur; Quercus suber

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

ASH; CALCIUM; DICOTYLEDON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST SOIL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; WILDFIRE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ASH; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIRE; FOREST; NONHUMAN; OAK; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERCUS SUBER; SOIL PROPERTY;

CALCIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; HEATING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; METALS, HEAVY; POTASSIUM; QUERCUS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; SPAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREES; VOLATILIZATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

QUERCUS ROBUR; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 79451473738     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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