The near-surface hydrological consequences of disturbance and recovery: A simulation study

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 115-127

  Zimmermann, Beate ^a   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance and recovery; Hydrological flowpaths; Land use; Landslides; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Tropical montane rainforest

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; PROBABILITY; RAIN; SOILS; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPICS; WATER;

ANNUAL RUNOFFS; COVER TYPES; DISTURBANCE AND RECOVERY; ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCES; ECUADOR; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HYDROLOGICAL FLOWPATHS; IMPERMEABLE LAYERS; LOW FREQUENCIES; NATURAL FORESTS; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN INTENSITIES; RAINFALL REGIMES; REGIONAL WATER CYCLES; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL LAYERS; SOIL PERMEABILITIES; SPATIAL STRUCTURES; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE HYDROLOGIES; TEMPORAL INFORMATIONS; TROPICAL MONTANE RAINFOREST;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; MONTANE FOREST; PERMEABILITY; RAINFOREST; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL;

CONDUCTIVITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; LAND USE; RAIN; SOIL; TROPICS; WATER FLOW;

BRAZIL; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57749186663     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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