Seed removal on loess slopes in relation to runoff and sediment yield

Catena

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-21

  Han, Luyan ^a,b   Jiao, Juying ^a,b   Jia, Yanfeng ^b   Wang, Ning ^b   Lei, Dong ^a   Li, Linyu ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Loess slope; Seed loss; Seed redistribution; Simulating rainfall; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOESS; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEED DISPERSAL; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; WATER EROSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 79551568106     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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