Response of runoff and soil loss to reforestation and rainfall type in red soil region of southern China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1765-1773

  Huang, Zhigang ^a,b   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^b   Li, Fengrui ^a   Zheng, Hua ^b   Wang, Xiaoke ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Rainfall type; Red soil region; Reforestation type; Soil erosion; Vegetation and soil property

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; BULK DENSITY; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES; INFILTRATION RATE; K-MEAN CLUSTERING METHODS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NATURAL SUCCESSION; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PINUS MASSONIANA; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL TYPE; RED SOILS; RUNOFF DEPTH; SECONDARY FORESTS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOUTHERN CHINA; TOTAL POROSITY; TYPE II; VEGETATION COVERAGE; VEGETATION PROPERTIES;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; EROSION; INFILTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; RUNOFF; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ERODIBILITY; EROSIVITY; RAINFALL; RED SOIL; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CHINA;

EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES; PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 78349255825     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60317-X     Document Type: Article

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