The differential response of surface runoff and sediment loss to wildfire events

Catena

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-247

  Wittenberg, Lea ^a   Malkinson, Dan ^a   Barzilai, Ronel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Forest fires; Mediterranean ecosystems; Soil erosion; Surface runoff; Vegetation recovery rates

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EROSION CONTROL; FOREST FIRE; FOREST SOIL; LANDSCAPE; REGENERATION; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84902012830     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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