Fire and rainfall energy effects on soil erosion and runoff generation in semi-arid forested lands

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-108

  Badia, David ^a   Martí, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid lands (Central Ebro Valley, NE Spain); Calcareous soil; Hydrology; Infiltration; Litter cover; Raindrop size; Rainfall simulator; Soil erosion; Steep hillslopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE; HILLSLOPE; INFILTRATION; LITTER; RAINDROP; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION;

EBRO VALLEY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 45849143273     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980801957721     Document Type: Article

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