A key theme of this review is the relative risks and effects of wildfire compared to HR burning. Specifically, NPWS asked whether increasing HR targets and more frequent burning could result in adverse impacts on soils and the hydrologic responses of catchments.
Fire and soils
A review of the potential impacts of different fire regimes on soil erosion and sedimentation, nutrient and carbon cycling, and water quantity and quality.
- Date
- 28 November 2017
- Publisher
- Office of Environment and Heritage
- Type
- Publication
- Cost
- Free
- Language
- English
- Tags
- ISBN 978-1-76039-128-7
- ID OEH20170691
- File PDF 1.7MB
- Pages 88
- Name fire-and-soils-170691.pdf
