Preferential flow effects on infiltration and runoff in grassland and forest soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 367-377

  Alaoui, A ^a   Caduff, U ^a   Gerke, H H ^b   Weingartner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; DYE TRACER; FLOW PATHWAYS; FLOW PROCESS; FOREST AND GRASSLAND; FOREST SOILS; GRASSLAND SOILS; HILLSLOPES; INFILTRATION EXCESS; MACROPORES; MATRIX; NATURAL SOILS; OVERLAND FLOW; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL MATRICES; STORAGE CAPACITY; SURFACE RUNOFF GENERATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOP-SOIL LAYER; UPSCALING; WATER FLUX;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PORE SIZE; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CATCHMENT; DYE TRACER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RUNOFF; SOIL STRUCTURE; TOPSOIL; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 79960175306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0076     Document Type: Article

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