Fire effects on the spatial patterning of soil properties in sagebrush steppe, USA: A meta-analysis

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 545-556

  Sankey, Joel B ^a   Germino, Matthew J ^a,b   Sankey, Temuulen T ^a   Hoover, Amber N ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; cold desert; microsite; resilience; resistance; review; shrub; wildfire.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864953042     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF11092     Document Type: Article

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