Soils under fire: Soils research and the joint fire science program

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 759, 2008, Pages

  Erickson, Heather E ^a   White, Rachel ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FUEL; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NUTRIENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILDFIRE;

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EID: 80053171224     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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