Effects of native forest restoration on soil hydraulic properties, Auwahi, Maui, Hawaiian Islands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Perkins, K S ^a   Nimmo, J R ^a   Medeiros, A C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; EROSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SOILS;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; DECADAL TIMESCALE; DRYLAND; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FIELD-SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; INFILTRATED WATER; INFILTRATION CAPACITY; INFILTROMETERS; NATIVE FORESTS; NATIVE PLANTS; NATIVE SPECIES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; TIME-SCALES; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

SOIL TESTING;

DECADAL VARIATION; DRY FOREST; ECOHYDROLOGY; EROSION RATE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIVESTOCK; NATIVE SPECIES; ORGANIC MATTER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL PROPERTY; WETTING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858692547     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051120     Document Type: Article

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