Runoff, sediment transport, and effects of feral pig (sus scrofa) exclusion in a forested Hawaiian Watershed

Pacific Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-194

  Dunkell, Dashiell O ^a   Bruland, Gregory L ^a   Evensen, Carl I ^a   Litton, Creighton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; PIG; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; STORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; THROUGHFALL; TRAMPLING; WATERSHED;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79954481985     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/65.2.175     Document Type: Article

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