The influence of fire history, plant species and post-fire management on soil water repellency in a Mediterranean catchment: The Mount Carmel range, Israel

Catena

Volumn 149, Issue , 2017, Pages 857-866

  Keesstra, Saskia ^a   Wittenberg, Lea ^b   Maroulis, Jerry ^a,e   Sambalino, Francesco ^a   Malkinson, Dan ^b   Cerdà, Artemi ^a,c   Pereira, Paulo ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Post fire management; Soil water repellency; Vegetation recovery; WDPT; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAND DEGRADATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; RECOVERY PLAN; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MOUNT CARMEL;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84964596847     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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