Impacts of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus exserta) plantation on sediment yield in Guangdong Province, Southern China - A kinetic energy approach

Catena

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-251

  Zhou, Guoyi ^a   Wei, Xiaohua ^b   Yan, Junhua ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus plantation; Kinetic energy; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; PLANTATION; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0037206579     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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