Influence of riparian vegetation and forest structure on the water quality of rural low-order streams in SE brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 298, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-18

  de Souza, Andréa L T ^a   Fonseca, Daniel G ^a   Libório, Rogério A ^a   Tanaka, Marcel O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Riparian forest structure; Riparian zones; Rural landscapes; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; CONDITIONAL AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; RIPARIAN ZONES; RURAL LANDSCAPES; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

DEFORESTATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORESTATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; STAND STRUCTURE; STREAM; STREAMFLOW; WATER DEPTH; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTS; PLANTS; RESISTIVITY; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL;

POACEAE;

EID: 84875786510     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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