Soil water dynamics after fire in a Portuguese shrubland

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-111

  Silva, Joaquim S ^a   Rego, Francisco C ^b   Mazzoleni, Stefano ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire effects; Mediterranean shrubland; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

ERICA SCOPARIA; SCOPARIA;

EID: 33644825683     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF04057     Document Type: Article

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