Impacts of land use on the hydrological response of tropical Andean catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 4074-4089

  Ochoa Tocachi, Boris F ^a,b,l   Buytaert, Wouter ^a,l   De Bièvre, Bert ^b,h,l   Célleri, Rolando ^c,l   Crespo, Patricio ^c,l   Villacís, Marcos ^d,l   Llerena, Carlos A ^e,l   Acosta, Luis ^b,l,m   Villazón, Mauricio ^f,l   Guallpa, Mario ^g,l   Gil Ríos, Junior ^b,l   Fuentes, Paola ^h,l   Olaya, Dimas ^i,l   Viñas, Paúl ^i,l   Rojas, Gerver ^j,l   Arias, Sandro ^k,l  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Área de Cuencas Andinas ^*  (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^d ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^g Empresa Municipal de Telecomunicaciones Agua Potable Alcantarillado y Saneamiento (ETAPA EP)   (Ecuador)

^h Secretaría Técnica and Programa de Recuperación de la Cobertura Vegetal   (Ecuador)

ⁱ La Laguna del Chipe   (Peru)

^j Parque José de Acosta 187   (Peru)

^k Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

^l Regional Initiative for Hydrological Monitoring of Andean Ecosystems (IMHEA)   (Peru)

^m Superintendencia Nacional de Servicios de Saneamiento   (Peru)

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Author keywords

Andes; hydrological response; indices; jalca; land use; LUCC; puna; p ramo

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; TROPICS;

ANDES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INDICES; JALCA; LUCC; PUNA;

CATCHMENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 84983741050     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10980     Document Type: Article

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