Seeding and mulching+seeding effects on post-fire runoff, soil erosion and species diversity in Galicia (NW Spain)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-156

  Fernandez C ^a   Vega, J A ^a   Jimenez E ^a   Vieira, D C S ^b   Merino, A ^c   Ferreiro, A ^c   Fonturbel, T ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Forestal Lourizan   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrologic parameters; Mulch; Post fire rehabilitation; Sediment yields; Seeding; Spain

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; MULCH; POST-FIRE; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SPAIN;

BIODIVERSITY; CLOUD SEEDING; EROSION; FIRES; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEED; SOILS;

INFILTRATION;

FIRE; INFILTRATION; MULCHING; PLANT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDING; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL COVER; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84859635390     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1064     Document Type: Article

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