Topographic variation in burning-induced loss of carbon from organic soils in tasmanian moorlands

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-225

  di Folco, Maj Britt ^a   Kirkpatrick, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion; Fire; Peat; Soil temperature; Topographic position; Water table

Indexed keywords

BURNING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MOORLAND; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORGANIC SOIL; PEAT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE; WILDFIRE; WIND EROSION;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 79960917045     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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