Spatial and temporal variations of water repellency and probability of its occurrence in calcareous Mediterranean rangeland soils affected by fires

Catena

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-25

  Bodí, Merche B ^a,b,c   Muñoz Santa, Isabel ^a   Armero, Carmen ^a   Doerr, Stefan H ^c   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^b   Cerdà, Artemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrophobicity; Mixed Effect Logistic Regression Model; Soil moisture; Vegetation type; WDPT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST SOIL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RANGELAND; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84877905287     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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