Impact of tree saplings on the kinetic energy of rainfall-The importance of stand density, species identity and tree architecture in subtropical forests in China

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-40

  Geissler C ^a   Lang, A C ^b   von Oheimb, G ^b   Hardtle W ^b   Baruffol, M ^c   Scholten, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BEF China; Soil erosion; Soil erosion experiment; Splash cups; Splash erosion; Throughfall kinetic energy

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GROWTH RATE; HUMID TROPICS; KINETIC ENERGY; PLANTATION; SAPLING; SOIL EROSION; STAND STRUCTURE; THROUGHFALL;

CHINA;

EID: 84856027195     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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