Modelling runoff and soil erosion in logged forests: Scope and application of some existing models

Catena

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-49

  Croke, Jacky ^a,b   Nethery, Mathew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion models; Forest disturbance; RUSLE; Sediment redistribution; TOPOG; WEPP

Indexed keywords

FOREST; LAND USE; MODELING; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745816723     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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