The effects of experimental thinning on throughfall and stemflow: A contribution towards hydrology-oriented silviculture in Aleppo pine plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 269, Issue , 2012, Pages 206-213

  Molina, Antonio J ^a,b   del Campo, Antonio D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest management; Hydrology; Interception; Pinus halepensis Mill.; Rainfall partitioning

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BASAL AREA; EXPONENTIAL EXPRESSION; FOREST COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; LOW-INTENSITY; PEARSON COEFFICIENT; PINE PLANTATIONS; PINE STAND; PINUS HALEPENSIS MILL.; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; RAINFALL PARTITIONING; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TREE DENSITY;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; SATELLITE INTERCEPTION; WATER RESOURCES;

RAIN;

BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTERCEPTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; STEMFLOW; THINNING; THROUGHFALL; WATER RESOURCE;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; PINUS HALEPENSIS; RAIN; SATELLITES; WATER RESOURCES;

SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84856424788     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.037     Document Type: Article

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