Surface erosion in cleared and uncleared mountain windthrow sites

Forest Snow and Landscape Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 109-116

  Gerber, Werner ^a   Rickli, Christian ^a   Graf, Frank ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Erosion; Grain size distribution; Slope inclination; Switzerland; Vegetation re establishment; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MOUNTAIN; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION COVER; WINDTHROW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 4043072160     PISSN: 14245108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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