Modelling the effect of riparian vegetation restoration on sediment transport in a human-impacted Brazilian catchment

Ecohydrology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1289-1303

  Monteiro, José A F ^a,b   Kamali, Bahareh ^c   Srinivasan, Raghavan ^b   Abbaspour, Karim ^c   Gücker, Björn ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brazilian Forest Act; Catchment Modelling; erosion; riparian reforestation; riparian restoration; riparian vegetation; sediment export; SWAT; SWAT CUP; Watershed Modelling

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; COPYRIGHTS; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; VEGETATION;

BRAZILIAN FOREST ACT; CATCHMENT MODELLING; RIPARIAN RESTORATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEDIMENT EXPORTS; SWAT; SWAT-CUP; WATERSHED MODELLING;

CATCHMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; RIO DAS MORTES RESERVATION;

EID: 84975780119     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1726     Document Type: Article

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