Effectiveness of Hydromulching to Reduce Runoff and Erosion in a Recently Burnt Pine Plantation in Central Portugal

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1319-1333

  Prats, Sérgio Alegre ^a   Malvar, Maruxa Cortizo ^a   Vieira, Diana Catarina Simões ^a   MacDonald, Lee ^b   Keizer, Jan Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ash; overland flow; post fire erosion; soil water repellency; wildfire

Indexed keywords

ASHES; COPYRIGHTS; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; FIRES; RUNOFF; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL MOISTURE;

ECOSYSTEM RECOVERIES; OVERLAND FLOW; POST-FIRE EROSION; SOIL EROSION CONTROLS; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; SOIL WATER RETENTION; SURFACE EROSION RATE; WILDFIRE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 84881489049     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2236     Document Type: Article

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