Measured and modelled rainfall interception loss from an agroforestry system in Kenya

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 323-336

  Jackson, N A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Grevillea robusta; Modelling; Rainfall interception

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; INTERCEPTION; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; UNDERSTORY;

KENYA;

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034712079     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00145-8     Document Type: Article

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