Vegetation indices changes in the cloud forest of La Gomera Island (Canary Islands) and their hydrological implications

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1531-1541

  Izquierdo, Tatiana ^a   De las Heras, Patricia ^a   Márquez, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary islands; Fog drip; Groundwater recharge; La gomera; Laurel forest; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; FOG DRIP; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; LA GOMERA; LAUREL FORESTS; VEGETATION INDICES;

AQUIFERS; DROUGHT; FOG; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PARKS; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTROMETERS;

VEGETATION;

AQUIFER; CLOUD FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; FOG; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MODIS; NDVI; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RECHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TRADE WIND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AQUIFERS; DROUGHT; FOGGING; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; PLANTS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS;

CANARY ISLANDS; GARAJONAY NATIONAL PARK; GOMERA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN;

EID: 79955526242     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7915     Document Type: Article

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