Burned and unburned peat water repellency: Implications for peatland evaporation following wildfire

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 513, Issue , 2014, Pages 335-341

  Kettridge, N ^a   Humphrey, R E ^b   Smith, J E ^b   Lukenbach, M C ^b   Devito, K J ^c   Petrone, R M ^d   Waddington, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Feather moss; Hydrophobicity; Sphagnum; Water repellency; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK; FIRES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROPHOBICITY; PEAT;

ECOSYSTEM RECOVERIES; FEATHER MOSS; HIGH WATER TABLE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SPHAGNUM; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WATER REPELLENCY; WILDFIRE;

WETLANDS;

DISTURBANCE; EVAPORATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOSS; PEAT; PEATLAND; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84899029304     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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