Evolution of soil organic matter after prescribed fire: A 20-year chronosequence

Geoderma

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-107

  Alexis, M A ^a   Rasse, D P ^b   Knicker, H ^c   Anquetil, C ^a   Rumpel, C ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oxidation resistant elemental carbon; Prescribed fire; Pyrolysis GC MS; Soil chronosequence; Solid state 13C NMR

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; CURIE POINTS; DECADAL TIMESCALE; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FIRE EVENT; FLORIDA; NUTRIENT CYCLE; OXIDATION RESISTANT; PLANT REGENERATION; PRESCRIBED FIRES; PYROLYSIS-GC-MS; REGENERATING PLANTS; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; THERMAL ALTERATION; VEGETATION FIRE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CURIE POINT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LITTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PYROLYSIS; REGENERATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TIMESCALE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863494341     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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