Does low-intensity surface fire increase water- and nutrient-availability to overstorey Eucalyptus gomphocephala?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 203-214

  Close, Dugald C ^a,b,c,e   Davidson, Neil J ^a,d   Swanborough, Perry W ^b,c   Corkrey, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Forestry CRC ^*  (Australia)

^e Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Eucalyptus; Prescribed fire; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLEARCUTTING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE HISTORY; HABITAT RESTORATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIONAL PARK; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OVERSTORY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YALGORUP NATIONAL PARK;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GOMPHOCEPHALA;

EID: 82555174374     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0862-3     Document Type: Article

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