The effect of wildfire on runoff and erosion in native Eucalyptus forest

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-265

  Prosser, Ian P ^a   Williams, Lisa ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus forest; Fire; Overland flow; Surface wash erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FIRES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

FOREST FIRES; HYDROPHOBICITY;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0032003694     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199802)12:2<251::AID-HYP574>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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