A simple technique for measuring rainfall interception by small shrub: "Interception flow collection box"

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 471-481

  Belmonte Serrato, F ^a   Romero Diaz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drainage; Interception; Small shrub; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; PLANTS (BOTANY);

RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; SHRUBS;

RAIN;

EID: 0032027882     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19980315)12:3<471::aid-hyp586>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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