Reforesting severely degraded grassland in the Lesser Himalaya of Nepal: Effects on soil hydraulic conductivity and overland flow production

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2528-2545

  Ghimire, Chandra Prasad ^a   Bonell, Mike ^c   Bruijnzeel, L Adrian ^b   Coles, Neil A ^d   Lubczynski, MacIek W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

dry season flows; forest hydrology; infiltration; runoff generation; soil degradation

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; DRY SEASON; GRASSLAND; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; OVERLAND FLOW; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

HIMALAYAS; LESSER HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84892996847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002888     Document Type: Article

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