Woody vegetation increases saturated hydraulic conductivity in dry tropical Nicaragua

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Niemeyer, R J ^a   Fremier, A K ^a,b   Heinse, R ^a   Chavez W ^c,d   Declerck, F A J ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gobierno Regional del Cusco   (Peru)

^d CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^e BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HYDROLOGIC FUNCTION; PEDO-TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VADOSE ZONE HYDROLOGY;

FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOILS; TROPICS;

VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOREST; FOREST SOIL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIVESTOCK; PASTURE; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOIL; TROPICS;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 84893008252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2013.01.0025     Document Type: Article

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