Spatial and temporal patterns of throughfall quantity and quality in a tropical montane forest in Ecuador

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 80-96

  Zimmermann, Alexander ^a   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^b   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Sequential sampling; Spatial variability; Throughfall; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COMPLEX CANOPY PROCESSES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

FORESTRY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MONTANE FOREST; PH; RAINWATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THROUGHFALL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CONCENTRATION; EMISSION; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547882745     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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