A qualitative description of soil parameters variation due to a prescribed fire in Portuguese northwestern forests using Fuzzy Boolean Nets - The case study of Cabreira mountain

Geoderma

Volumn 191, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-96

  Castro, Ana C Meira ^a   Carvalho, Joao Paulo ^b   Meixedo, Joao Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INESC ID   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cabreira Mountain (Portugal); Controlled fire; Forest soil; Fuzzy Boolean Nets; Soil parameters variation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE HEIGHT; FOREST SITES; FOREST SOILS; FUZZY BOOLEAN NETS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PORTUGAL; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PH; SOIL PROPERTY; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; VEGETATION TYPE;

FORESTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST SOIL; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PH; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRUNING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

FOREST FIRES; FUZZY LOGIC; PLANTS; PORTUGAL; SOIL;

BRAGA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SERRA DA CABREIRA;

CHAMAESPARTUM; CYTISUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 84868368901     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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