Soil properties and charcoal dynamics of burnt soils in the Tyrolean Limestone Alps

Catena

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-82

  Kloss, Stefanie ^a   Sass, Oliver ^a,b   Geitner, Clemens ^b   Prietzel, Jörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine regions; C N ratio; Charcoal; PH; Soil organic matter; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMBUSTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; PH; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRIA; TYROL;

EID: 84865056150     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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