Ecosystem Disturbance and Soil Organic Carbon - A Review

Soil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems: From Science to Land Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 85-117

  Van Miegroet, Helga ^a   Olsson, Mats ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest management; Harvesting; Insects; Pathogens; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880796243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119970255.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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