Streamwater quality as affected by wild fires in natural and manmade vegetation in Malaysian Borneo

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 853-864

  Malmer, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Leaching; Nutrient cycling; Rainforest; Suspended sediments; Tropical forest; Water quality; Wild fire

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; NUTRITION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VEGETATION;

WILD FIRES;

STREAM FLOW;

LEACHING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFOREST; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 16544394346     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1255     Document Type: Article

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