Net precipitation and soil water dynamics in clearings, old secondary and old-growth forests in the montane rain forest belt of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-428

  Schrumpf, Marion ^a   Axmacher, Jan C ^b   Zech, Wolfgang ^c   Lyaruu, Herbert V M ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Andosol; Interception; Mountain rainforest; Rainfall; Regeneration; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ANDOSOLS; INTERCEPTION; MOUNTAIN RAINFOREST; RAINFALL; REGENERATION;

LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; UNDERWATER SOILS;

REFORESTATION;

ANDOSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; FOREST SOIL; INTERCEPTION; MONTANE FOREST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPIRATION;

KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 78751532768     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7798     Document Type: Article

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