Effects of changes in alpine grassland vegetation cover on hillslope hydrological processes in a permafrost watershed

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 444-445, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-33

  Genxu, Wang ^a   Guangsheng, Liu ^a   Chunjie, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Hillslope water cycle; Influence; Permafrost watershed; Vegetation degradation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ACTIVE SOILS; ALPINE GRASSLAND; ALPINE MEADOW; GRASSLAND VEGETATION; HILLSLOPES; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INFLUENCE; INTERCEPTION RATIO; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; RUNOFF GENERATION; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SUBSURFACE INTERFLOW; SURFACE RUNOFFS; THAWING PERIOD; VEGETATION CANOPY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DEGRADATION; WATER CYCLE; WATER FORMATION;

DEGRADATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMAFROST; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; THAWING; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

VEGETATION;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DEW; ENERGY BALANCE; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERCEPTION; MEADOW; PERMAFROST; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SWAMP; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84861220896     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.033     Document Type: Article

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