Micro-scale post-fire surface cover changes monitored using high spatial resolution photography in a semiarid environment: A useful tool in the study of post-fire soil erosion processes

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-96

  Perez Cabello F ^a   Cerda A ^b   de la Riva, J ^a   Echeverria M T ^a   Garcia Martin A ^a   Ibarra, P ^a   Lasanta, T ^c   Montorio, R ^a   Palacios, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ash; Erosion; Forest fires; Ground cover changes; Photography; Semiarid ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ASH; BARE SOIL; CHARCOAL; FOREST FIRE; GROUND COVER; OVERLAND FLOW; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 80054014364     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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