Charred wood remaining after a wildfire as a reservoir of macro- and micronutrients in a Mediterranean pine forest

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 681-695

  Marañón Jiménez, Sara ^a,b   Castro, Jorge ^a,c   Fernández Ondoño, Emilia ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest management; Mediterranean mountain; Post fire salvage logging; Silvicultural treatments; Soil nutrients; Wood nutrients; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880989846     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12030     Document Type: Article

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