Temporal changes in soil water repellency after a forest fire in a Mediterranean calcareous soil: Influence of ash and different vegetation type

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 572, Issue , 2016, Pages 1252-1260

  Jimenez Pinilla P ^a,b   Lozano, E ^a,b   Mataix Solera, J ^a,b   Arcenegui, V ^a,b   Jordan A ^b   Zavala, L M ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ash; Hydrophobicity; Soil moisture content; Soil water repellency; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ASHES; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

CALCAREOUS SOILS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIRE-AFFECTED AREAS; RESEARCH STUDIES; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WILDFIRE;

SOILS;

ASH; CALCAREOUS SOIL; FOREST FIRE; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; ASH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE; FOREST; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; SPAIN; VEGETATION; WETTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TREE; WATER FLOW;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; CISTUS ALBIDUS; ERICA ARBOREA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

WATER;

FIRES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOIL; SPAIN; TREES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84947950693     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.121     Document Type: Article

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