Impacts of fire and invasive species on desert soil ecology

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-462

  Allen, Edith B ^a   Steers, Robert J ^b   Dickens, Sara Jo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fertile islands; pH; soil carbon; soil microorganisms; soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FIRE; FUEL; GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MINERAL; MINERALIZATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

POACEAE;

EID: 80052834055     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00159.1     Document Type: Article

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