Influence of wildfire severity on soil physical degradation in two pine forest stands of NW Spain

Catena

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 342-348

  Varela, M E ^a   Benito, E ^b   Keizer, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Controlled heating experiments; Pine forest; Soil aggregation; Soil organic carbon; Soil water repellency; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATE STABILITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; FRAGMENTATION; HEATING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILDFIRE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84935906512     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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