Effects of wildfire on long-term soil CO2 concentration: implications for karst processes

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1-12

  Coleborn, Katie ^a   Spate, Andy ^b   Tozer, Mark ^c   Andersen, Martin S ^a   Fairchild, Ian J ^d   MacKenzie, Berin ^c   Treble, Pauline C ^e   Meehan, Sophia ^f   Baker, Andrew ^f   Baker, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Optimal Karst Management   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^f National Parks and Wildlife Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Fire; Karst; Paleoclimate reconstruction; Soil CO2 concentration; Speleothem

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BACTERIA; CARBON; FIRES; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MICROORGANISMS; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DISSOLUTION PROCESS; KARST; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL CO; SPELEOTHEM; VEGETATION RECOVERY; VEGETATION REHABILITATION; VEGETATION SURVEYS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; KARST; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPELEOTHEM; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

EID: 84957956341     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4874-9     Document Type: Article

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