Factors Regulating Nitrogen Retention During the Early Stages of Recovery from Fire in Coastal Chaparral Ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 910-926

  Hanan, Erin J ^a   D’Antonio, Carla M ^a   Roberts, Dar A ^a   Schimel, Joshua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ash redistribution; disturbance; mountainous landscapes; N sinks; nitrate leaching; wildfire; xeric ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CHAPARRAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; HERB; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PERIODICITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL WATER; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962263187     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-9975-0     Document Type: Article

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