The impact of rural land management changes on soil hydraulic properties and runoff processes: Results from experimental plots in upland UK

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2617-2629

  Marshall, M R ^a   Ballard, C E ^b,c   Frogbrook, Z L ^d   Solloway, I ^a,b   Mcintyre, N ^b,f   Reynolds, B ^a   Wheater, H S ^b,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AQUALINC RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broadleaf trees; Climatic variability; Infiltration rates; Land management change; Overland flow; Sheep grazing

Indexed keywords

BROADLEAF TREES; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; INFILTRATION RATE; LAND MANAGEMENTS; OVERLAND FLOW; SHEEP GRAZINGS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

LAND USE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; GRAZING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; OVERLAND FLOW; RUNOFF; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SHEEP; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE;

FLOODS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MOISTURE; RUNOFF; SOIL;

PONTBREN STREAM; POWYS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84892442363     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9826     Document Type: Article

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