Impacts of logging disturbance on hillslope saturated hydraulic conductivity in a tropical forest in Peninsular Malaysia

Catena

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-104

  Ziegler, Alan D ^a   Negishi, Junjiro N ^b   Sidle, Roy C ^c   Noguchi, Shoji ^d   Nik, Abdul Rahim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Amoozemeter; Knocking pole penetrometer; Logging impact recovery; Perched water table; Rainfall intensity; Runoff generation; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Skid trails; Soil depth; Ultisol

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33746864463     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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