Function of Wildfire-Deposited Pyrogenic Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Fire is an important driver of change in most forest, savannah, and prairie ecosystems and fire-altered organic matter, or pyrogenic carbon (PyC), conveys numerous functions in soils of fire-maintained terrestrial ecosystems. Although an exceptional number of recent review articles and books have ad...

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Main Authors: Melissa R. A. Pingree, Thomas H. DeLuca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00053/full