• Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    1467
  • To page
    1475
  • Abstract
    A chronosequence of forest fires (from 1981 to 1992) in a homogeneous Mediterranean pine forest ecosystem was investigated. The effect of fire on soil microbial biomass was evaluated in the 0–5 cm soil layer utilizing the substrate induced respiration (SIR) method (Anderson and Domsch, 1978) and the fumigation extraction (FE) method (Sparling and West, 1988). The C, N and P contents of soil surface layer were greater 1 y after a fire and declined in soils as time since the last fire increased. After 11 y, the soil nutrient content and the size of the microbial biomass were still lower than the neighbouring unburned site suggesting that forest fires have a long-term effect on soil microbiological properties.
  • Journal title
    Reports on Mathematical Physics
  • Serial Year
    1996
  • Journal title
    Reports on Mathematical Physics
  • Record number

    1991027