Prescribed fire and timber harvesting effects on soil carbon and nitrogen in a pine forest

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages S48-S57

  Roaldson, L M ^a   Johnson, D W ^a   Miller, W W ^a   Murphy, J D ^a   Walker, R F ^a   Stein, C M ^a   Glass, D W ^a   Blank, R R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FIRES; FLOORS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MINERALS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS;

FUEL REDUCTION; MANAGEMENT TOOL; PRESCRIBED BURN; PRESCRIBED FIRES; REMOVAL TREATMENTS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; THINNING TREATMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; THINNING; TIMBER; UNDERSTORY; WILDFIRE;

CARBON; PINUS; SOIL;

EID: 84910156955     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2013.08.0350nafsc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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