Splash erosion potential under tree canopies in subtropical SE China

Catena

Volumn 91, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-93

  Geissler C ^a   Kuhn P ^a   Bohnke M ^b   Bruelheide, H ^b   Shi, X ^c   Scholten, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

BEF China; Forest vegetation; Gutianshan National Nature Reserve; Rainfall erosivity; Soil erosion; Soil erosion experiment; Splash cups; Throughfall erosivity

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; COALESCENCE; CORRELATION; EROSIVITY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; KINETIC ENERGY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SOIL EROSION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA; GUTIAN MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE; ZHEJIANG;

CASTANOPSIS EYREI; SCHIMA SUPERBA;

EID: 84855950622     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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