Wildfire effects on soil erodibility of woodlands in NW Spain

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Varela, M E ^a,b   Benito, E ^a   KEIZER, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggregate size distribution; Aggregate stability; Erodibility; Organic carbon; Particle size distribution; Soil water repellency; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AGGREGATE STABILITY; BURNED AREAS; ERODIBILITY; EROSION PROCESS; FIRE SEVERITY; GALICIA; KEY FACTORS; LOW-SEVERITY WILDFIRE; NW SPAIN; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; POST-FIRE; POST-FIRE RUNOFF; RESTORATION PRACTICES; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; WATER REPELLENTS;

AGGREGATES; FIRES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY; UNDERWATER SOILS;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE; ERODIBILITY; EROSION CONTROL; FIRE BEHAVIOR; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPSOIL; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 77953664431     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.896     Document Type: Article

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