Rainfall, runoff and elevation relationships in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-424

  García Martinó, Andrés R ^a   Warner, Glenn S ^b   Scatena, Frederick N ^a   Civco, Daniel L ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN REGION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

PUERTO RICO, LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030390798     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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