Fire effects on soils in Lake States forests: A compilation of published research to facilitate long-term investigations

Forests

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1034-1070

  Miesel, Jessica R ^a   Goebel, P Charles ^a   Corace III, R Gregory ^a,b   Hix, David M ^a,c   Kolka, Randall ^a,d   Palik, Brian ^a,d   Mladenoff, David ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire effects; Forest; Lake States; Manitoba; Michigan; Minnesota; New York; Ontario; Soil; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

FIRE EFFECT; FOREST; LAKE STATES; MANITOBA; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; NEW YORK; ONTARIO; WISCONSIN;

FIRES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

FIRE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL;

FOREST FIRES; HAZARDS; MANITOBA; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; NEW YORK; ONTARIO; SOIL; WISCONSIN;

CANADA; MANITOBA; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84883304781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f3041034     Document Type: Review

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