Vegetation management with fire modifies peatland soil thermal regime

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-176

  Brown, Lee E ^a   Palmer, Sheila M ^a   Johnston, Kerrylyn ^a,b   Holden, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burning; Heather; Moorland; Peat; Soil; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON; FORECASTING; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SOILS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

CARBON CYCLING; HEATHE; LAND SURFACE; MOORLAND; PEAT LAND; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STATISTIC MODELING; THERMAL REGIMES; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

SOIL TEMPERATURE;

WATER; SOIL;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; CARBON CYCLE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LAND SURFACE; PEATLAND; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHEEP; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPHAGNUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VEGETATION; WATER TABLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; HUMAN; PLANT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CALLUNA; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; TETRAONIDAE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; FIRES; HUMANS; PLANTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923366721     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.02.037     Document Type: Article

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