Carbon loss from planned fires in southeastern Australian dry eucalyptus forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 336, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-98

  Volkova, Liubov ^a   Weston, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Char; Coarse woody debris; Forest productivity; Fuels; Overstorey; Understorey

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEBRIS; FIRES; FUELING;

CHAR; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; OVERSTOREY; UNDERSTOREY;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; CARBON; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMBUSTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OVERSTORY; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EUCALYPTUS; FOREST LITTER; FORESTS; ORGANIC MATTER;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 84949115721     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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