Fire effects on soil system functioning: New insights and future challenges

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-342

  Doerr, Stefan H ^a,b   Cerdà, Artemi ^c,d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hydrology; Microbes; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444472761     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05094     Document Type: Review

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