Forest wildfire and grassland prescribed fire effects on soil biogeochemical processes and microbial communities: Two case studies in the semi-arid Southwest

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 118-128

  Fultz, Lisa M ^a   Moore Kucera, Jennifer ^b   Dathe, Josefine ^b   Davinic, Marko ^b   Perry, Gad ^b   Wester, David ^c   Schwilk, Dylan W ^b   Rideout Hanzak, Sandra ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inorganic nitrogen dynamics; Livermore ranch complex wildfire; Microbial and enzyme activity response; Prescribed fire; Soil organic matter; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952013389     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.10.023     Document Type: Article

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