Trends in recovery of mediterranean soil chemical properties and microbial activities after infrequent and frequent wildfires

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-128

  Guenon R ^a   Vennetier, M ^b,c   Dupuy, N ^d   Roussos, S ^a   Pailler, A ^a   Gros, R ^a,c  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biolog ; Enzyme activities; FT MIR spectroscopy; Mediterranean regions; N mineralisation; Recurrent wildfires; Resilience

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; N-MINERALISATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RECURRENT WILDFIRES; RESILIENCE; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; WILDFIRE FREQUENCIES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORESTRY; HYDROLASES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECOVERY; SOILS;

FIRES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WILDFIRE;

FRANCE; MAURES MASSIF; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAR;

EID: 84876104991     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1109     Document Type: Article

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