Fire and N cycling: Getting the perspective right

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-434

  Jurskis, Vic ^a   Turner, John ^b   Lambert, Marcia ^b   Bi, Huiquan ^a  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^b Forsci Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem processes; Eucalyptus; Frequent burning; N cycling

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 79955038409     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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