Spatio-temporal patterns of throughfall and solute deposition in an open tropical rain forest

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 360, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 87-102

  Zimmermann, Alexander ^a   Germer, Sonja ^a   Neill, Christopher ^b   Krusche, Alex V ^c   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eco hydrology; Spatial patterns; Temporal stability; Throughfall; Throughfall chemistry; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DROUGHT;

ECO-HYDROLOGY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL STABILITY; THROUGHFALL; THROUGHFALL CHEMISTRY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

DEPOSITION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THROUGHFALL; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 51249094089     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.028     Document Type: Article

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