Have we underestimated stemflow? Lessons from an open tropical rainforest

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 395, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Germer, Sonja ^a   Werther, Lisa ^b   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^b  

^a Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Funneling ratio; Open tropical rain forest; Overland flow; Rainfall partitioning

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; FUNNELING RATIO; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL PARTITIONING; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

FORESTRY; GAGES; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TROPICS;

RAIN;

EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST FLOOR; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFOREST; RAINGAUGE; RECHARGE; STEMFLOW; TROPICAL FOREST;

FLOW; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; TROPICS;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

ORBIGNYA BARBOSIANA; ORBIGNYA PHALERATA;

EID: 78649497223     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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