Influences of recovery from wildfire and thinning on soil respiration of a Mediterranean mixed forest

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 573, Issue , 2016, Pages 1217-1231

  Lopez Serrano F R ^a   Rubio, E ^a   Dadi, T ^a   Moya, D ^a   Andres Abellan M ^a   Garcia Morote F A ^a   Miettinen, H ^a   Martinez Garcia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Holm oak; Mediterranean maritime pine; Q10; Soil CO2 efflux

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

ECOSYSTEM RECOVERIES; HOLM OAK; MARITIME PINES; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION MODELS; Q10; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL CO; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

FORESTRY;

CARBON;

DROUGHT; ENZYME; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; HETEROTROPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPAIN; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREE;

SPAIN;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84966593830     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.242     Document Type: Article

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