Effects of vegetation and slope aspect on water budget in the hill and gully region of the Loess Plateau of China

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-100

  Wang, Li ^a,b   Wei, Sanping ^a,b,d   Horton, Robert ^c   Shao, Ming'an ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bureau of Water Conservancy in Luliang City   (China)

Author keywords

CoupModel; Natural forestland; Regrown forestland; Soil water recharge; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CALIBRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EROSION CONTROL; EVAPORATION; GULLY EROSION; HEAT FLOW; HILL; INTERCEPTION; LAND USE CHANGE; PERCOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; REGROWTH; RUNOFF; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 79959948164     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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