Fog interception by non-vascular epiphytes in tropical montane cloud forests: Dependencies on gauge type and meteorological conditions

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2484-2492

  Villegas, Juan Camilo ^a,b   Tobón, Conrado ^c   Breshears, David D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Fog chamber; Fog gauges; Fog interception; Non vascular epiphytes; Tropical montane cloud forest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOG; GAGES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SPEED; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WIND EFFECTS;

COLOMBIA; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FOG CHAMBER; FOG GAUGES; FOG INTERCEPTION; IN TREES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY METHODS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NON-VASCULAR EPIPHYTES; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS; SEASONAL PERIODS; SOIL-WATER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FOREST; WIND SPEED;

FIBER OPTICS;

CLOUD FOREST; EPIPHYTE; FOG; GAUGE; INTERCEPTION; MONTANE FOREST; RAINFALL; SOIL WATER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER CONTENT; WIND VELOCITY;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48649104340     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6844     Document Type: Article

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