Complex land cover change, water and sediment yield in a degraded andean environment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 472-473, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-35

  Molina, Armando ^a   Vanacker, Veerle ^b   Balthazar, Vincent ^b   Mora, Diego ^c   Govers, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Deforestation; Exotic forest plantations; Hydrology; Land degradation; Water yield

Indexed keywords

ANDES; BARE LANDS; BASEFLOWS; FLOW DATA; FOREST CHANGE; FOREST COVER CHANGE; FOREST PLANTATION; GRAZING LAND; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INITIAL STATE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND-COVER CHANGE; NATIVE FORESTS; RAINFALL DATA; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SPECIFIC SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; TIME-PERIODS; WATER YIELD;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PEAK FLOW; PLANTATION; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD;

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; RECOVERY; SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER; YIELD;

ANDES;

EID: 84868301371     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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