Effects of prescribed fires on soil properties: A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 613-614, Issue , 2018, Pages 944-957

  Alcaniz M ^a   Outeiro, L ^b   Francos, M ^a   Ubeda X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuel accumulation; Nutrient availability; Soil properties; Vegetation management; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FUELS; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

20TH CENTURY; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FUEL ACCUMULATION; HUMAN TIME SCALE; LAND ABANDONMENTS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE;

SOILS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; SOIL WATER;

FOREST SOIL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FIRE; HEATING; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PERIODICITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; VEGETATION; BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; WILDFIRE;

EID: 85029725459     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.144     Document Type: Article

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