Measuring interception loss and canopy storage in dryland vegetation: A brief review and evaluation of available research strategies

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 669-678

  Dunkerley, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy interception; Dryland shrubs; Evaporation; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFALL;

EID: 0034163081     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(200003)14:4<669::AID-HYP965>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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