Changes in soil carbon and charcoal one year after burning
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Only small changes in soil organic carbon and charcoal concentrations found one year after experimental slash-and-burn in a temperate deciduous forest E. Eckmeier, R. Gerlach, J. O. Skjemstad, O. Ehrmann, and M. W. I. Schmidt University of Zurich, Department of Geography, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland Rheinisches Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege, Endenicher Str. 133, 53115 Bonn, Germany CSIRO Land and Water, PMB 2, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia Münster 12, 97933 Creglingen, Germany Received: 30 January 2007 – Accepted: 7 February 2007 – Published: 15 February 2007 Correspondence to: E. Eckmeier ([email protected])
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