A hierarchical view of the interactions of runoff and infiltration with vegetation and microtopography in semiarid shrublands

Catena

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 201-220

  Bergkamp, Ger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Mediterranean hillslopes; Runoff; Semiarid; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; RUNOFF; SCALE EFFECT; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION;

EID: 0032212847     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(98)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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