SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND SOIL PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH FOREST FIRES IN CENTRAL TAIWAN

Authors :: Ming-Kuang Wang
Wei Wang
Po-Neng Chiang
Shun-Yao Zhuang
Shu-Tzong Lin
Ya-Nan Wang
Source :: Soil Science. 173:768-778
Publication Year :: 2008
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2008.
Abstract: Forest fires can disturb the evolution of plant communities and influence both soil organic matter (SOM) and soil physicochemical properties. The historic vegetation changes and the influences on soil properties and OM induced by fires are still not well known for central Taiwan. This study investig

Subjects :: Hydrology
Soil series
Ecology
Loam
Soil organic matter
Soil water
Soil Science
Soil horizon
Environmental science
Plant community
Vegetation
Perturbation (geology)

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