Physical and chemical effects of fire on soil

Fire Effects on Soils and Restoration Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-132

  Úbeda, Xavier ^a   Outeiro, Luís R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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