Estimation of throughfall erosivity in a highly diverse forest ecosystem using sand-filled splash cups

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 897-900

  Geißler, Christian ^a   Kühn, Peter ^a   Shi, Xuezheng ^b   Scholten, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (BEF) China; soil erosion; soil erosion experiment; splash cup; throughfall erosivity

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; EROSION CONTROL; EROSIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; THROUGHFALL;

CHINA;

CASTANOPSIS EYREI; DAPHNIPHYLLUM; LITHOCARPUS GLABER; SCHIMA SUPERBA;

EID: 78649977205     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-010-0132-y     Document Type: Article

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