Mitigating land degradation caused by wildfire: Application of the PESERA model to fire-affected sites in central Portugal

Geoderma

Volumn 191, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-50

  Esteves, T C J ^a   Kirkby, M J ^c   Shakesby, R A ^d   Ferreira, A J D ^a   Soares, J A A ^b   Irvine, B J ^c   Ferreira, C S S ^a   Coelho, C O A ^b   Bento, C P M ^a   Carreiras, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Geographic information system; Land use; Modelling; PESERA; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC SCENARIOS; CONSERVATION MEASURES; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; FIELD MONITORING; INTEGRATED CONSERVATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; PESERA; PORTUGAL; PRESCRIBED FIRES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL EROSION RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL LOSS; STUDY AREAS; SUB-HUMID; WILDFIRE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAND USE; MODELS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

FIRES;

EROSION RATE; EUROPEAN UNION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; TIME SERIES; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84868345396     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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