Modelling landscape leakiness and sediment yields from savanna hillslopes: The critical role of vegetation configuration

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 361-366

  Ludwig, J A ^a   Bartley, R ^a   Liedloff, A C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eco hydrology; Erosion; Runoff; Soil surface condition; Vegetation patchiness

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BARE SOILS; DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA; ECO-HYDROLOGY; GRASS COVER; HILLSLOPES; NEW INDICES; QUEENSLAND; ROUGH TERRAINS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEMI-ARID RANGELAND; SOIL SEDIMENTS; SOIL SURFACE CONDITION; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT YIELDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; VEGETATION; SEDIMENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80053107653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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