Soil properties as key factors controlling water repellency in fire-affected areas: Evidences from burned sites in Spain and Israel

Catena

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-13

  Mataix Solera, J ^a   Arcenegui, V ^a   Tessler, N ^b   Zornoza, R ^a   Wittenberg, L ^b   Martinez C ^a   Caselles, P ^a   Perez Bejarano A ^a   Malkinson, D ^b   Jordan M M ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burning; Fire; Hydrophobicity; Terra rossa; Water repellency; WDPT

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CLAY; COMBUSTION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TERRA ROSSA;

ISRAEL; SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84877916495     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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