Impacts of land-cover change on the water flow regulation ecosystem service: Invasive alien plants, fire and their policy implications

Land Use Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-181

  Le Maitre, David C ^a   Kotzee, Ilse M ^a   O'Farrell, Patrick J ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fire severity; Flood risk; Flow regulation; Invasive plants; Land use policy; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND COVER; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SHRUBLAND; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84883630339     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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