Modelling the effects of land-use change on runoff and sediment yield for a meso-scale catchment in the Southern Pyrenees

Catena

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 288-296

  Mueller, Eva Nora ^a   Francke, Till ^a   Batalla, Ramon J ^b,c   Bronstert, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Hydrological modelling; Land abandonment; Land use change; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 68049116901     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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