Comment on "Human impacts on headwater fluvial systems in the northern and central Andes" (Carol P. Harden, Geomorphology 79, 249-263)

Geomorphology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 239-242

  Buytaert, Wouter ^a   De Bièvre, Bert ^b   Celleri, Rolando ^c   Cisneros, Felipe ^d   Wyseure, Guido ^c   Deckers, Seppe ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Proyecto Paramo Andino   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Burning; Ecuador; Grazing; Hydrological response; Land use; P ramo

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURNING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GRAZING; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 47149101135     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.003     Document Type: Note

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