Factors and interactions controlling infiltration, runoff, and soil loss at the microscale in a patchy Mediterranean semiarid landscape

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1702-1711

  Mayor, Ángeles G ^a   Bautista, Susana ^a   Bellot, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antecedent moisture; Rainfall simulation; Soil surface properties; Vegetation patch; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; RAINFALL SIMULATION; SOIL SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION PATCH; WATER INFILTRATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRACE ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70349852888     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1875     Document Type: Article

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