Surface runoff and soil loss in tropical rainforest and pasture, Costa Rica, and indices explaining their variations

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-51

  Jansson, Margareta B ^a   Strömberg, Katarina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 32144437965     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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