Immediate effects of wildfires on water repellency and aggregate stability in Mediterranean calcareous soils

Catena

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-226

  Arcenegui, V ^a   Mataix Solera, J ^a   Guerrero, C ^a   Zornoza, R ^a   Mataix Beneyto, J ^a   Garcia Orenes F ^a  

^a GEA Grupo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregates stability; Burning; Forest fire; Hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; AGGREGATE STABILITY; BURNING; CALCAREOUS SOIL; HYDROPHOBICITY; WILDFIRE;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 48649101010     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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