Postfire Ecosystem Restoration

Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 229-246

  Vallejo, V Ramon ^a,b   Alloza, J Antonio ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Mediterranean; Megafire; Resilience; Resprouter; Restoration; Soil erosion; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUDGET CONTROL; EROSION; FIRES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUTRIENTS; RESTORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN; MEGAFIRE; RESILIENCE; RESPROUTER; SOIL EROSION; WILDFIRE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84942084856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-410434-1.00012-9     Document Type: Chapter

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