Effects of fire on soil organic matter quality along an altitudinal sequence on Mt. Etna, Sicily

Catena

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-145

  Mastrolonardo, Giovanni ^a,b   Certini, Giacomo ^a   Krebs, Rolf ^c   Forte, Claudia ^d   Egli, Markus ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Density fractionation; Dichromate oxidation; Mt. Etna; Pyrogenic carbon; Soil organic matter; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIPID; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84880836006     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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