Land-use change in the Atlantic rainforest region: Consequences for the hydrology of small catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 499, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-109

  Salemi, Luiz Felippe ^a   Groppo, Juliano Daniel ^a   Trevisan, Rodrigo ^a   de Moraes, Jorge Marcos ^a,b   de Barros Ferraz, Silvio Fronsini ^a   Villani, João Paulo ^c   Duarte Neto, Paulo José ^d   Martinelli, Luiz Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Escola de Engenharia de Piracicaba   (Brazil)

^c Laboratório de Hidrologia Florestal ^*  (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conversion; Small watershed; Tropical forest; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; RUNOFF GENERATION PROCESS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SMALL WATERSHEDS; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER CYCLE;

CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SHIP CONVERSION; STREAM FLOW;

FORESTRY;

BIOME; CATCHMENT; CLOUD FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INTERCEPTION; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; OVERLAND FLOW; PASTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFOREST; STREAMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER TABLE;

CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTS; HYDRAULICS; LAND USE; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; WATER SHEDS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84880826559     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.06.049     Document Type: Article

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