Hydrological principles for sustainable management of forest ecosystems

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2152-2160

  Creed, Irena F ^a   Sass, Gabor Z ^a,b   Buttle, Jim M ^c   Jones, Julia A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959214090     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8056     Document Type: Note

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