Stemflow on the woody parts of plants: Dependence on rainfall intensity and event profile from laboratory simulations

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 5469-5482

  Dunkerley, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rainfall event profile; Rainfall intensity; Rainfall simulation; Stemflow; Woody plant parts

Indexed keywords

DROPS;

RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; STEMFLOW; WOODY PLANTS;

RAIN;

EID: 84908037953     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10050     Document Type: Article

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