Post-fire soil management

Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2018, Pages 26-32

  Pereira, Paulo ^a   Francos, Marcos ^b   Brevik, Eric C ^c   Ubeda, Xavier ^b   Bogunovic, Igor ^d  

^a MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

High fire severity; Post fire management; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047530919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24685844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2018.04.002     Document Type: Review

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