Fire effects on soil properties
Wildland fires are occurring more frequently and affecting more of earth's surface than ever before. These fires affect the properties of soils and the processes by which they form, but the nature of these impacts has not been well understood. Given that healthy soil is necessary to sustain bio...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Clayton South VIC :
CSIRO Publishing,
[2019]
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781486308149 1486308147 9781486308132 1486308139 9781486308156 1486308155 9780367186555 0367186551 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; Part 1 Review of fire effects on soil properties; 1 The sedimentary record: the very early acquisition of fire by hominins; 2 Laboratory fire simulations: plant litter and soils; 3 Ash and soils: a close relationship in fire-affected areas; 4 Texture, mineralogy and structure; 5 Soil water repellency; 6 Erosion; 7 Carbon; 8 Nutrient processes; 9 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; 10 Microbiology; 11 Meso and macrofauna; 12 Recurrent fires; 13 Smouldering fires and soils; 14 Management of fire-affected soils
- Part 2 Methods used to study the effects of fire on soils15 Soil heating; 16 Fire severity assessments in both the laboratory and the field; 17 Experimental methods and scales in smouldering wildfires; 18 Unveiling the effects of fire on soil organic matter by spectroscopic and thermal degradation methods; 19 Methods used in the study of slash-and-burn fires; 20 Techniques for mapping the effects of fire on soil; 21 Remote sensing techniques applied to post-fire regeneration; Annex I; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z