Influence of vegetation recovery on water erosion at short and medium-term after experimental fires in a Mediterranean shrubland

Catena

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-160

  Gimeno García, Eugenia ^a   Andreu, Vicente ^a   Rubio, José Luis ^a  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erosion plots; Fire intensity; Mediterranean shrubland; Runoff; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; EROSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; REGENERATION; RUNOFF; SHRUBLAND; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER EROSION;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846642668     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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