Tree species and diversity effects on soil water seepage in a tropical plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 309, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-86

  Sprenger, Matthias ^a   Oelmann, Yvonne ^b   Weihermüller, Lutz ^c   Wolf, Sebastian ^d,e   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^f   Potvin, Catherine ^g,h  

^a University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Hydrus 1D; Mixed species stands; Seepage; Tree diversity; Tropical tree plantation; Water balance model

Indexed keywords

HYDRUS-1D; MIXED-SPECIES STANDS; TREE DIVERSITY; TROPICAL TREE; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; MIXTURES; SEEPAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

BIOMASS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLOW MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEEPAGE; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MIXTURES; MOISTURE; PLANTATIONS; SEEPAGE; SOIL; TROPICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

COLON [PANAMA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SARDINILLA;

HURA CREPITANS; LUEHEA SEEMANNII;

EID: 84884816813     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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