Effects of prescribed burnings on soil hydrological parameters

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4249-4256

  Vadilonga, T ^a   Ubeda X ^b   Germann, P F ^a   Lorca, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Dept Geografia Física i Anàlisis Geogràfica Regional ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Infiltration; Preferential flow; Prescribed burning; Water drop penetration time (WDPT); Water repellency; Water storage capacity

Indexed keywords

BURN SEVERITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME (WDPT); WATER REPELLENCY; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY;

DEFORESTATION; DROPS; FIRE HAZARDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

SEEPAGE;

FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFILTRATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RAINFALL; SOIL WATER; TOPSOIL; WATER STORAGE;

DEFORESTATION; DROPS; GROUND WATER; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; STORAGE; WATER; WATER REPELLENCE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 66149139901     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7032     Document Type: Article

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