Fire effects on temperate forest soil C and N storage

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1189-1201

  Nave, Lucas E ^a,b   Vance, Eric D ^c   Swanston, Christopher W ^d   Curtis, Peter S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sinks; Fire; Forest management; Meta analysis; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; META-ANALYSIS; MINERAL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; SOIL; TREE;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; NITROGEN; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 79958846376     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0660.1     Document Type: Article

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