Spatio-temporal impacts of fire on soil nutrient availability in Larrea tridentata shrublands of the Mojave Desert, USA

Geoderma

Volumn 259-260, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-133

  Fuentes Ramirez, Andres ^a   Schafer, Jennifer L ^b,c   Mudrak, Erika L ^a,d   Schat, Marjolein ^b   Parag, Hadas A ^b   Holzapfel, Claus ^b   Moloney, Kirk A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Creosote bush; Fertility islands; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Potassium; PRS probes; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; FIRES; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; SOILS;

CREOSOTE BUSH; DESERT ECOSYSTEM; EFFECT ON SOILS; FERTILITY ISLANDS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; PERENNIAL SHRUBS; SPATIO TEMPORAL; WILDFIRE;

NUTRIENTS;

HERB; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84930938422     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.05.016     Document Type: Article

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