Fire-induced pine woodland to shrubland transitions in Southern Europe may promote shifts in soil fertility

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 573, Issue , 2016, Pages 1232-1241

  Mayor, A G ^a   Valdecantos, A ^b   Vallejo, V R ^c   Keizer, J J ^d   Bloem, J ^a   Baeza, J ^b   Gonzalez Pelayo O ^d   Machado, A I ^d   de Ruiter, P C ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early warning indicators; Fire frequency; Mediterranean region; Microsite; Mineral soil; Pinus spp. woodlands; Soil quality; Sudden shift

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

EARLY WARNING INDICATORS; FIRE FREQUENCIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROSITE; MINERAL SOILS; PINUS SPP; SOIL QUALITY; SUDDEN SHIFT;

FIRES;

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FIRE; FOREST; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PINE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SOIL FERTILITY; SPAIN; TREND STUDY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84964853802     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.243     Document Type: Article

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