Effects of fire-derived charcoal on soil properties and seedling regeneration in a recently burned Larix gmelinii/Pinus sylvestris forest

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1317-1322

  Makoto, Kobayashi ^a,e   Hirobe, Muneto ^b   DeLuca, Thomas H ^c   Bryanin, Semyon V ^d,f   Procopchuk, Valentina F ^d   Koike, Takayoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Far Eastern Agricultural University   (Russian Federation)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND NATURE MANAGEMENT   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Forest fire; Phosphate; Regeneration; Russian Far East

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT RESTORATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHOSPHATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SOIL REMEDIATION; WATER CONTENT;

RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

LARIX; LARIX GMELINII; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 81355160650     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-011-0424-6     Document Type: Article

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