Fire affects soil organic matter and the emergence of Pinus radiata seedlings

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 267-275

  Reyes, Otilia ^a   García Duro, Juan ^a   Salgado, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergence; Germination; P. radiata; Provenance; Soil properties; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMERGENCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; PROVENANCE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84923360997     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-014-0427-8     Document Type: Article

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