Does soil burn severity affect the post-fire runoff and interrill erosion response? A review based on meta-analysis of field rainfall simulation data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 452-464

  Vieira, D C S ^a   Fernandez C ^b   Vega, J A ^b   Keizer, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Centro de Investigación Forestal de Lourizán Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Erosion; Field rainfall simulation experiments; Meta analysis; Post fire; Runoff

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS;

BURN SEVERITY; FIRE OCCURRENCES; INTER-RILL EROSIONS; META ANALYSIS; POST-FIRE; POST-FIRE EROSION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS;

FIRES;

DATA SET; EROSION RATE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; INTERRILL EROSION; LAND COVER; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

EID: 84923062641     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.071     Document Type: Review

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