Rainfall interception in a lower montane forest in Ecuador: Effects of canopy properties

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1355-1371

  Fleischbein, Katrin ^a   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^b   Goller, Rainer ^c   Boy, Jens ^b   Valarezo, Carlos ^d   Zech, Wolfgang ^c   Knoblich, Klaus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Leaf area index; Lower montane forest; Rainfall interception; Storage capacity

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL;

LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); LOWER MONTANE FORESTS; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; STEMFLOW;

RAIN;

FOREST CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MONTANE FOREST; RAINFALL; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

BRANCHES; ECUADOR; EVAPORATION; FOREST CANOPY; LEAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAND DENSITY; STEMS;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 17844368624     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5562     Document Type: Article

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