Evaluation of RUSLE and PESERA models for predicting soil erosion losses in the first year after wildfire in NW Spain

Geoderma

Volumn 273, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-72

  Fernández, Cristina ^a   Vega, José A ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Forestal de Lourizan   (Spain)

Author keywords

PESERA; RUSLE; Soil burn severity; Soil erosion; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FIRES; FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

BURN SEVERITY; PESERA; RUSLE; SOIL EROSION; WILDFIRE;

STABILIZATION;

ERODIBILITY; EROSION CONTROL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL SURFACE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WILDFIRE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84961891761     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.03.016     Document Type: Article

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