Changes in catchment runoff after harvesting and burning of a Pinus caribaea plantation in Viti Levu, Fiji

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 31-44

  Waterloo, M J ^a   Schellekens, J ^b   Bruijnzeel, L A ^a   Rawaqa, T T ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c Fiji Pine Ltd   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Logging roads; Low flow; Sediment concentration; Storm flow; Tropical pine forest; Water resources; Water yield

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HARVESTING; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER RESOURCES;

LOGGING ROADS; STORM FLOW; TROPICAL PINE FOREST;

CATCHMENTS;

BASEFLOW; BURNING; CATCHMENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); PLANTATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER YIELD;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VITI LEVU;

PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 34948910232     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.050     Document Type: Article

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