Natural severity of water repellency in pine forest soils from NW Spain and influence of wildfire severity on its persistence

Soil water repellency is a widespread property of Pinus pinaster forest soils in Galicia (NW Spain) that can be intensified by soil heating during fires. Fire-induced or -enhanced soil water repellency, in combination with reduced vegetation and litter cover, is widely considered to be one of the ma...

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Main Author: Rodríguez-Alleres, M. (author)
Other Authors: Varela, M. E. (author), Benito, E. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/26971
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/26971