Medium-term dynamics of soil respiration in a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem: The effects of burn severity, post-fire burnt-wood management, and slope-aspect

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 233, Issue , 2017, Pages 195-208

  Martinez Garcia E ^a   Lopez Serrano F R ^a   Dadi, T ^a   Garcia Morote F A ^a   Andres Abellan M ^a   Pumpanen, J ^b   Rubio, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Area of influence of trees or stumps; Decaying stumps; Logging; Slope aspect; Soil CO2 efflux; Spatial temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; DECOMPOSITION; FINE ROOT; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SLOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE STUMP;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 85001029946     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.11.192     Document Type: Article

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