Rainfall and cloud water interception in mature and secondary lower montane cloud forests of central Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 84-96

  Holwerda, F ^a,b   Bruijnzeel, L A ^a   Munoz Villers L E ^c   Equihua, M ^c   Asbjornsen, H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Fog; Secondary forest; Stemflow; Throughfall; Tropical montane cloud forest

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; SECONDARY FORESTS; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FOREST;

DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; FOG; FORESTRY; VAPORS;

RAIN;

CLOUD FOREST; CLOUD WATER; ECOHYDROLOGY; FOG; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; WATER BUDGET;

DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; FOGGING; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MEXICO; PRECIPITATION; RAIN; SECONDARY FOREST; VAPORS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 77649187446     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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