Fire severity, residuals and soil legacies affect regeneration of Scots pine in the Southern Alps

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 778-788

  Vacchiano, Giorgio ^a   Stanchi, Silvia ^a   Marinari, Giulia ^a   Ascoli, Davide ^a   Zanini, Ermanno ^a   Motta, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crown fire; Disturbance ecology; FOFEM; Pinus sylvestris L.; Soil aggregate stability; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; REFORESTATION; SITE SELECTION; SOILS;

CROWN FIRES; DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY; FOFEM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY; SOIL QUALITY;

FIRES;

BARE SOIL; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVAPORATION; FIRE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURFACE; TOPSOIL;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FIRE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTS PINE; SEEDLING; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SURFACE SOIL; WOOD DEBRIS;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

CROWN FIRE; DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY; FOFEM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY; SOIL QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84890237732     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.101     Document Type: Article

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