Twentieth century land resilience in Montenegro and consequent hydrological response

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 336-349

  Nyssen, J ^a   van den Branden, J ^a   Spalevic V ^b   Frankl, A ^a   van de velde, L ^a   Curovic M ^b   Billi, P ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Forestry Department Biotechnical Faculty   (Montenegro)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discharge; Land degradation; Montenegro; Population growth; Repeat photography; Runoff coefficient

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

LAND DEGRADATION; MONTENEGRO; POPULATION GROWTH; REPEAT PHOTOGRAPHIES; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS;

RUNOFF;

DESERTIFICATION; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTITIONING; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

MONTENEGRO; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

EID: 84905401596     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2143     Document Type: Article

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