Post-fire soil respiration in relation to burnt wood management in a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1436-1447

  Maranon Jimenez S ^a,c   Castro, J ^a,c   Kowalski, A S ^b,c   Serrano Ortiz, P ^d   Reverter, B R ^b,c   Sanchez Canete E P ^c,d   Zamora, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Rain events; Salvage logging; Silvicultural treatments; Soil pore degasification; Soil temperature; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FIRES; MOISTURE CONTROL; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

RAIN EVENTS; SALVAGE LOGGING; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SOIL PORES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; LOGGING (TIMBER); MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCLIMATE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RAINFALL; SILVICULTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WILDFIRE; WOOD;

DEGASSING; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; LOGGING; MOISTURE CONTROL; PORES; RAIN; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

SPAIN;

EID: 79952038688     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.030     Document Type: Article

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