Spatial heterogeneity of understory vegetation and soil in an Alaskan upland boreal forest fire chronosequence

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 227-239

  Lavoie, M ^a   Mack, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Boreal forest; Carbon; Nitrogen; Spatial analysis; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; FOREST FLOOR; HETEROGENEITY; LICHEN; MOSS; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; UNDERSTORY; UPLAND REGION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 83555177637     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9547-x     Document Type: Article

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