Plot-scale effects on runoff and erosion along a slope degradation gradient

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Moreno De Las Heras, Mariano ^a,b   Nicolau, José M ^c   Merino Martn, Luis ^c   Wilcox, Bradford P ^d  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PROCESS; DRY ENVIRONMENT; DRY LAND; ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE; EFFECTS OF SCALE; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FLOW CONCENTRATION; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; RAINFALL CONDITION; RILL EROSION; SCALE EFFECTS; SCALING BEHAVIOR; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL AND WATER; SURFACE EROSION; VEGETATIVE COVER;

DEGRADATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RUNOFF;

DEGRADATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MINING; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SCALE EFFECT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77951033613     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007875     Document Type: Article

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