Soil microbial activity in response to fire severity in Zagros oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) forests, Iran, after one year

Geoderma

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-102

  Pourreza, Morteza ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Safari Sinegani, Ali Akbar ^b   Matinizadeh, Mohammad ^c   Dick, Warren A ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands   (Iran)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire severity; Oak sprout clumps; Soil enzyme; Soil respiration; Zagros forests

Indexed keywords

FIRE SEVERITY; OAK SPROUT CLUMPS; SOIL ENZYMES; SOIL RESPIRATION; ZAGROS FORESTS;

ALKALINITY; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; PHOSPHATASES; SOIL CONDITIONERS;

SOILS;

DECIDUOUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TYPE;

ALKALINITY; DEFORESTATION; ENZYMES; FOREST FIRES; RESPIRATION; SOIL;

ZAGROS;

EID: 84883513425     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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