Effects of land cover change on evapotranspiration and streamflow of small catchments in the Upper Xingu River Basin, Central Brazil

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 4, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 108-122

  Dias, Lívia Cristina Pinto ^a   Macedo, Márcia N ^b   Costa, Marcos Heil ^a   Coe, Michael T ^b   Neill, Christopher ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cerrado; Evapotranspiration; Modeling; Streamflow; Xingu Basin

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84934976069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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