Comment on "fire-derived charcoal causes loss of forest humus"

Johannes Lehmann; Saran Sohi

doi:10.1126/science.1160005

Comment on "fire-derived charcoal causes loss of forest humus"

Johannes Lehmann, Saran Sohi

School of Geosciences

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Abstract

Wardle et al. (Brevia, 2 May 2008, p. 629) reported that fire-derived charcoal can promote loss of forest humus and belowground carbon (C). However, C loss from charcoal-humus mixtures can be explained not only by accelerated loss of humus but also by loss of charcoal. It is also unclear whether such loss is related to mineralization to carbon dioxide or to physical export.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1295-1295
Number of pages	1
Journal	Science
Volume	321
Issue number	5894
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1160005
Publication status	Published - 5 Sept 2008

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Comment on "fire-derived charcoal causes loss of forest humus"

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