A combined rainfall simulator and tracer approach to assess the role of Best Management Practices in minimising sediment redistribution and loss in forests after harvesting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 170, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 217-232

  Wallbrink, P J ^a,b   Croke, J ^a,c  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best Management Practices; Sediment redistribution; Soil erosion; Tracer budgets

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HARVESTING; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

FLOW VOLUMES;

FORESTRY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FORESTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; TRACER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037109091     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00765-4     Document Type: Article

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