Long-term dynamics of soil chemical properties after a prescribed fire in a Mediterranean forest (Montgrí Massif, Catalonia, Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 572, Issue , 2016, Pages 1329-1335

  Alcaniz M ^a   Outeiro, L ^b   Francos, M ^a   Farguell, J ^a,c   Ubeda X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Unitat de Xarxes de Control   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Forest fires; Forest management; Quercus coccifera; Soil recovery

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; PH; SOILS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; NUTRIENTS CONCENTRATIONS; QUERCUS; SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL RECOVERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FIRES;

CALCIUM ION; CARBON; MAGNESIUM ION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIRE; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SPAIN; UNDERSTOREY; VEGETATION;

CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 84956607722     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.115     Document Type: Article

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