Effects of rainfall change on water erosion processes in terrestrial ecosystems: A review

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-318

  Wei, Wei ^a   Chen, Liding ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Process; Rainfall; Terrestrial ecosystem; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFALL; SEALING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL CRUSTING; SOIL EROSION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER EROSION;

EID: 76449108726     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309341426     Document Type: Article

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