The relative importance of land use and climatic change in Alpine catchments

Climatic Change

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-300

  Wolf, Annett ^a   Lazzarotto, Patrick ^b   Bugmann, Harald ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ALPINE CATCHMENTS; CARBON ACCUMULATION; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON STORAGE; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DETAILED MODELS; DRIVING FORCES; FOREST AGE; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; RE-GROWTH; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOIL CARBON STORAGE; SOIL LAYER; WATER CYCLE; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; RUNOFF; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABANDONED LAND; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; REFORESTATION; REGROWTH; ROOT SYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 84856726014     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0209-3     Document Type: Article

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