Runoff and peak flow responses to timber harvest and forest age in southern Chile

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-50

  Iroumé, Andrés ^a   Mayen, Octavio ^a   Huber, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Forest age; Peak flows; Plantation forestry; Runoff; Southern Chile; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOFTWOODS; TIMBER;

FOREST AGE; HYDROLOGICAL EFFECTS; PEAK FLOWS; PINUS RADIATA PLANTATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOFTWOODS; TIMBER;

CLEARCUTTING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND USE; PEAK FLOW; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RUNOFF; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ANATOMY; CHILE; FORESTS; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGY; LUMBER; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTATIONS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER FLOW;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 31944451904     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5897     Document Type: Article

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