Cross-scale interactions between surface components and rainfall properties. Non-linearities in the hydrological and erosive behavior of semiarid catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 517, Issue , 2014, Pages 815-825

  Rodríguez Caballero, Emilio ^a   Cantón, Yolanda ^a   Lazaro, Roberto ^b   Solé Benet, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Catchment; Connectivity; Dryland; Erosion; Runoff

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CONNECTIVITY; DRYLAND; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIECEWISE REGRESSION; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS;

CATCHMENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CATCHMENT; DATABASE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

EID: 84904417159     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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