The role of vegetation patterns in structuring runoff and sediment fluxes in drylands

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-147

  Puigdefábregas, Juan ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Overland flow; Rainfall intensity; Sediment redistribution; Spatial heterogeneity; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER;

DRYLAND; NUTRIENT TURNOVER RATE; NUTRIENTS; TOPSOIL SATURATION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ARID ENVIRONMENT; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 14844351640     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1181     Document Type: Review

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