Magnitude-frequency analysis of water redistribution along a climate gradient in Spain

Catena

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 129-146

  Bergkamp, G ^a   Cerda A ^b   Imeson, A C ^a  

^a IUCN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate gradient; Matorral; Mediterranean; Runoff; Vegetation patterns; Water redistribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032768523     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(98)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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