Rainfall and cloud-water interception in tropical montane forests in the eastern Andes of Central Peru

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1315-1325

  Gomez Peralta, Daniel ^a   Oberbauer, Steven F ^a,b   McClain, Michael E ^a   Philippi, Thomas E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud water interception; Cordillera Yanachaga; Fog; Peru; Rainfall interception; Tropical montane cloud forests; Tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

FOG; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN;

CLOUD WATER INTERCEPTION; CORDILLERA YANACHAGA; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FORESTS; TROPICAL MONTANE FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

CLOUD WATER; FOG; LEAF AREA INDEX; MONTANE FOREST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

FORESTS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; RAIN;

ANDES; CORDILLERA YANACHAGA; PASCO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39149104087     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.058     Document Type: Article

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