Consumption of residual pyrogenic carbon by wildfire

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1072-1077

  Santin C ^a,b   Doerr, S H ^a   Preston, C ^c   Bryant, R ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

biochar; black carbon; boreal; charcoal; combustion; forest floor; soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889650576     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12190     Document Type: Article

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