Long-term effects of portuguese forest fires on morphology and aquatic habitat structure of lotic ecosystems

This thesis investigates long-term effects of forest fires on morphology and functioning of Portuguese streams via burned wood. Wildfires influenced the landscape dynamics across three regions examined, towards increases in shrublands encroaching into previously forested areas. Large wood amounts wi...

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Main Author: Vaz, Pedro Jorge Gonçalves (author)
Format: doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/10811
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/10811