Effects of prescribed fire on surface soil in a Pinus pinaster plantation, northern Portugal

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3011-3018

  Meira Castro, A ^a   Shakesby, R A ^b   Espinha Marques, J ^c   Doerr, S H ^b   Meixedo, J P ^a   Teixeira, J ^a   Chamine H I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

NW Portugal; Pinus pinaster forest; Prescribed fire; Soil disturbance; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FORESTRY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURVEYS;

ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PINASTER PLANTATIONS; PINUS PINASTER; PORTUGAL; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL DISTURBANCES;

SOILS;

EID: 84923702339     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3516-y     Document Type: Article

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