Post-fire land degradation of Pinus sylvestris L. woodlands after 14 years

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-160

  Perez Cabello F ^a   Ibarra, P ^a   Echeverria M T ^a   de la Riva, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Land degradation; P. sylvestris L.; Pre Pyrenees; Recover; Wildfire effects

Indexed keywords

BURNT AREAS; DOWNSLOPE; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; LAND DEGRADATION; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; OVERLAND FLOW; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POST-FIRE; PYRENEES; SHRUBLANDS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL STRUCTURE; VEGETATION PARAMETERS;

DEGRADATION; RECOVERY; SOILS;

FIRES;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; GUIDELINE; LAND DEGRADATION; PEDOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

BUXUS; BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS; GENISTA; GENISTA SCORPIUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77953675812     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.925     Document Type: Article

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