The effects of afforestation and cultivation on water yield in the Andean páramo

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 22-30

  Buytaert, Wouter ^a,b   Iñiguez, Vicente ^b   Bièvre, Bert De ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^c International Potato Centre Quito   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Flow duration curves; Hydrological response; P ramo; Pinus patula; Water yield

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EROSION;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; FLOW DURATION CURVES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER YIELD;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BASEFLOW; CONIFEROUS TREE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; POTATO; WATER YIELD;

ANDEAN REGION; CULTIVATION; FORESTATION; PINUS PATULA;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

PINUS PATULA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 35148828248     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.035     Document Type: Article

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