Effects of afforestation on runoff and sediment load in an upland Mediterranean catchment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 540, Issue , 2016, Pages 144-157

  Buendia, C ^a,b   Bussi, G ^c   Tuset, J ^b,d   Vericat, D ^b,d   Sabater, S ^a   Palau, A ^b,e   Batalla, R J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^e Endesa SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Climate change; Mediterranean; Ribera Salada; Runoff; Sediment yield; TETIS

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

AFFORESTATION; MEDITERRANEAN; RIBERA SALADA; SEDIMENT YIELDS; TETIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AFFORESTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; UPLAND REGION;

AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TREND STUDY; TURBIDITY; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84945262760     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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