Hydrophobicity and aggregate stability in calcareous topsoils from fire-affected pine forests in southeastern Spain

Geoderma

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 77-88

  Mataix Solera, J ^a   Doerr, S H ^a,b  

^a GEA Grupo de Edafología Ambiental   (Spain)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Alkaline soils; Calcareous soils; Forest fire; Pine forest; Soil hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BURNING; CALCAREOUS SOIL; FOREST SOIL; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 0347031613     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00185-X     Document Type: Article

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