Throughfall in a Puerto Rican lower montane rain forest: A comparison of sampling strategies

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 327, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 592-602

  Holwerda, F ^a   Scatena, F N ^b   Bruijnzeel, L A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed gauges; Lower montane rain forest; Rainfall interception; Roving gauges; Spatial variability; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RAIN;

FIXED GAUGES; LOWER MONTANE RAIN FOREST; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; ROVING GAUGES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RAIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MONTANE FOREST; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

FORESTRY; PERCOLATION; PUERTO RICO; RAIN; STEMS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 33746238524     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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