The impact of vegetation and soil on runoff regulation in headwater streams on the east Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Zhang, Wenguang ^a,b   An, Shuqing ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Cui, Jun ^a   Xu, Qing ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystem; Land use; Regulating capacity; Stable isotope; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CANOPY; GROUND COVER; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM; SURFACE WATER; THROUGHFALL; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79960930849     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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