The influence of leaf litter diversity and soil fauna on initial soil erosion in subtropical forests

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1439-1447

  Seitz, Steffen ^a   Goebes, Philipp ^a   Zumstein, Pascale ^b   Assmann, Thorsten ^b   Kühn, Peter ^a   Niklaus, Pascal A ^c   Schuldt, Andreas ^b   Scholten, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BEF China; Biodiversity; Erosion control; Rainfall simulation; Runoff plot

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

BEF CHINA; EROSION CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RAINFALL SIMULATORS; RUNOFF PLOTS; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; EROSION CONTROL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF LITTER; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FAUNA; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; EROSION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SIMULATION;

CHINA;

ARTHROPODA; PERSEA THUNBERGII; QUERCUS GLAUCA;

EID: 84941789300     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3726     Document Type: Article

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