The effect of site conditions on flow after forestation in a dryland region of China

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 178-179, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-74

  Yu, Pengtao ^a   Wang, Yanhui ^a   Du, Apeng ^a,b   Guan, Wei ^a,c   Feger, Karl Heinz ^d   Schwärzel, Kai ^d   Bonell, Mike ^e,f   Xiong, Wei ^a   Pan, Shuai ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b China Eucalypt Research Centre   (China)

^c GUANGDONG ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspect; BROOK90 Model; Sensitivity analysis; Slope; Soil thickness; Water budget

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DRYLAND FARMING; ECOHYDROLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION; SOIL DEPTH; TRADE-OFF;

CHINA; LIUPAN MOUNTAINS;

LARIX;

EID: 84880326390     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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