Rainfall energy under creosotebush

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Wainwright, John ^a   Parsons, Anthony J ^b   Abrahams, Athol D ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Islands of fertility; Larrea tridentata; Leafdrip; Raindrop erosion; Raindrop size distribution; Rainfall energy; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0032697066     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0540     Document Type: Article

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