Impacts of land use and cover type on runoff and soil erosion in a marginal area of Portugal

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 687-699

  Nunes, Adélia N ^a   de Almeida, António C ^a   Coelho, Celeste O A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hydrological response; Land use cover; Marginal area; Portugal; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE;

PORTUGAL;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 78651435887     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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