Temporal characterisation of soil-plant natural recovery related to fire severity in burned Pinus halepensis Mill. forests

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 640-641, Issue , 2018, Pages 42-51

  Moya, D ^a   Gonzalez De Vega S ^a   Garcia Orenes F ^b   Morugan Coronado A ^b   Arcenegui, V ^b   Mataix Solera, J ^b   Lucas Borja, M E ^a   De las Heras, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine forests; Ecosystem response; Fire severity; Land management; Post fire restoration; Soil quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAND USE; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; STABILIZATION;

ALEPPO PINE FOREST; ALEPPO PINES; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FIRE SEVERITY; LAND MANAGEMENTS; NATURAL RECOVERY; PINE FOREST; PINUS HALEPENSIS MILLS; POST-FIRE RESTORATIONS; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS;

SOILS;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; UREASE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL PLANT INTERPHASE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION; WILDFIRE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; SOIL;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; FORESTS; PINUS; SOIL;

EID: 85047559597     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.212     Document Type: Article

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