Erosion potential under miconia calvescens stands on the island of hawai'i

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 218-226

  Nanko, K ^a   Giambelluca, T W ^b   Sutherland, R A ^b   Mudd, R G ^b   Nullet, M A ^b   Ziegler, A D ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accelerated erosion; Alien plant invasion; Splash detachment; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EROSION; FORESTRY; KINETIC ENERGY; RAIN; VEGETATION;

ALIEN PLANTS; DROP VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; EROSION POTENTIALS; FALL VELOCITIES; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; SPLASH DETACHMENT; THROUGHFALL; VEGETATION TYPE;

KINETICS;

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MICONIA; MICONIA CALVESCENS;

EID: 84926516838     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2200     Document Type: Article

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