Repeated fuel reduction burns have little long-term impact on soil greenhouse gas exchange in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-25

  Fest, Benedikt J ^a   Livesley, Stephen J ^b   von Fischer, Joseph C ^c   Arndt, Stefan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning frequency; Eucalypt forest; Long term effect; Prescribed burning; Soil methane exchange (CH4); Soil respiration (CO2)

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISTURBANCE; DRY FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; OXIDATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84911445605     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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