Seasonal changes in the soil hydrological and erosive response depending on aspect, vegetation type and soil water repellency in different mediterranean microenvironments

Solid Earth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 497-509

  Gabarron Galeote M A ^a   Martinez Murillo J F ^b   Quesada, M A ^b   Ruiz Sinoga, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SOIL HYDROLOGICAL; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VEGETATION PATTERN;

RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

FACINGS;

HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84893320680     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-4-497-2013     Document Type: Article

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