Fire severity effects on ash chemical composition and water-extractable elements

Geoderma

Volumn 191, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-114

  Pereira, Paulo ^a   Úbeda, Xavier ^b   Martin, Deborah A ^c  

^a MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash chemical properties; Ash colour; Ash properties; Fire severity; Landscape recovery; Water extractable elements

Indexed keywords

ASH PROPERTIES; C/N RATIO; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CORK OAK; FIRE SEVERITY; LANDSCAPE RECOVERY; MARITIME PINES; PINUS PINASTER; PLANT GROWTH; PORTUGAL; QUERCUS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS; TOTAL SULPHUR;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLOR; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENTS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICA; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR;

FIRES;

ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

FRAXINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84868375547     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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