Ecohydrology of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar: 1. Field experiment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Hildebrandt, Anke ^a,b   Al Aufi, Mohammed ^c   Amerjeed, Mansoor ^c   Shammas, Mahaad ^c   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Regional Municipalities Environment and Water Resources Oman   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

CONCENTRATED WATER; FOREST BIOME;

HYDROLOGY;

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY;

BIOME; CLOUD FOREST; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOHYDROLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; STEMFLOW; TRANSPIRATION; WET SEASON;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; ZUFAR;

EID: 36749074904     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005261     Document Type: Article

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