Impacts of climate and land use changes on the hydrological and erosion processes of two contrasting Mediterranean catchments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-77

  Serpa, D ^a   Nunes, J P ^a   Santos, J ^a   Sampaio, E ^b   Jacinto, R ^a   Veiga, S ^b   Lima, J C ^b   Moreira, M ^b   Corte Real, J ^b   Keizer, J J ^a   Abrantes, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Erosion; Hydrology; Land use change; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMICS; EROSION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC RESPONSE; COMMERCIAL FORESTRY; EMISSION SCENARIO; LAND-USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; MAIZE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUNFLOWER; WINTER;

CLIMATES; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; STREAM FLOW;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84939633597     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.033     Document Type: Article

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