Ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: Mapping and modeling ecohydrological controls of landslides

Geomorphology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-167

  Band, Lawrence E ^a   Hwang, T ^a   Hales, T C ^b   Vose, James ^c   Ford, Chelcy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed simulation; Ecohydrology; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING METHOD; SLOPE STABILITY; STAND STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 82455199292     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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