Vegetation controls on small-scale runoff and erosion dynamics in a degrading dryland environment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1617-1630

  Michaelides, Katerina ^a   Lister, Debbie ^a,c   Wainwright, John ^b   Parsons, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drylands; Erosion; Rainfall simulation; Runoff; Tree regression; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE; CANOPY DENSITY; DRYLAND; DRYLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION DYNAMICS; EROSIONAL PROCESS; FINE SEDIMENTS; GRASS SPECIES; NEW MEXICO; RAINFALL SIMULATION; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SHRUB SPECIES; SHRUBLAND; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY; SURFACE COVER; TREE REGRESSION; VEGETATION CONTROL; VEGETATION EFFECTS; VEGETATION SPECIES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DYNAMICS; EROSION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

VEGETATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EROSION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; VEGETATION;

DYNAMICS; EROSION; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; MOISTURE; PLANTS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; SOIL; TREES;

JORNADA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65949118496     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7293     Document Type: Article

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