Replacing time with space: Using laboratory fires to explore the effects of repeated burning on black carbon degradation

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 242-248

  Tinkham, Wade T ^a   Smith, Alistair M S ^b   Higuera, Philip E ^c   Hatten, Jeffery A ^d   Brewer, Nolan W ^e   Doerr, Stefan H ^f  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Washington Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^f SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon storage; CTO 375; ecosystems; fire regimes; soil incorporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957105149     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF15131     Document Type: Article

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