Effects of forest plantations on rainfall redistribution and erosion in the red soil region of southern China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-330

  Cao, Y ^a,b   Ouyang, Z Y ^a   Zheng, H ^a   Huang, Z G ^a   Wang, X K ^a   Miao, H ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Interception; Red soil; Reforestation; Soil erosion; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES; FOREST PLANTATIONS; INTERCEPTION LOSS; PERIPHERAL (SPI); PINUS MASSONIANA; RAINFALL REDISTRIBUTION; RED SOILS; SOIL LOSSES; SOUTHERN CHINA; STEM FLOW; SURFACE RUNOFFS; THROUGHFALL; VERNICIA FORDII;

INTERCEPTION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RED SOIL; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES; PINUS MASSONIANA; VERNICIA FORDII;

EID: 47249123071     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.812     Document Type: Article

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