Effects of fire on forest nutrient cycles

Fire Effects on Soils and Restoration Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 225-256

  Raison, R John ^a   Khanna, Partap K ^a   Jacobsen, Kris L S ^a   Romanya, Joan ^b   Serrasolses, Isabel ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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