Effect of fire severity on water repellency and aggregate stability on Mexican volcanic soils

Catena

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 136-147

  Jordán, Antonio ^a   Zavala, Lorena M ^a   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^b   Nava, Alejandra L ^a,c   Alanís, Nancy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coniferous forest; Fire severity; Sieve size fraction; Soil hydrophobicity; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIELD METHOD; HYDROPHOBICITY; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLCANIC SOIL; WETTABILITY; WILDFIRE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN;

ABIES;

EID: 78651270820     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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