Vegetation arcs and litter dams: Similarities and differences

Catena

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 57-73

  Eddy, J ^a   Humphreys, G S ^a   Hart, D M ^a   Mitchell, P B ^a   Fanning, P C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Litter dams; Overland flow; Rainwash; Sheetflood bedforms; Vegetation arcs; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0032796015     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(98)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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