Rainfall partitioning into throughfall, stemflow and interception loss in a coffee (Coffea arabica L.) monoculture compared to an agroforestry system with Inga densiflora

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Siles, Pablo ^a   Vaast, Philippe ^b   Dreyer, Erwin ^c,d   Harmand, Jean Michel ^b  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Funneling ratio; Humid tropics; Multi strata system; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; ANNUAL RAINFALL; COFFEA ARABICA; COFFEE PLANTS; COSTA RICA; FUNNELING RATIO; HUMID TROPICS; INTERCEPTION LOSS; MONITORING PERIODS; MULTI-STRATA SYSTEM; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; RAINFALL PARTITIONING; RAINY SEASONS; SHADE TREES; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; WATER CYCLE;

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; TROPICS;

RAIN;

AGROFORESTRY; COFFEE; EVAPORATION; HUMID TROPICS; INTERCEPTION; MONOCULTURE; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; RAIN; TROPICS; WATER;

COSTA RICA;

COFFEA ARABICA; INGA; INGA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 78349308542     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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