Losing water in temporary streams on a Mediterranean island: Effects of climate and land-cover changes

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 148, Issue , 2017, Pages 139-152

  Garcia, Celso ^a   Amengual, Arnau ^a   Homar, Víctor ^a   Zamora, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Budyko graph; Mallorca; Mann Kendall; Mediterranean climate; Multiple linear regression; Number of days with flow; Streamflow elasticity; Temporary streams

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA STREAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW GRAPHS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

BUDYKO GRAPH; MALLORCA; MANN-KENDALL; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NUMBER OF DAYS WITH FLOW; TEMPORARY STREAMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISCHARGE; HEADWATER; LAND COVER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RIVER CHANNEL; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; WATER DEMAND;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SERRA DE TRAMUNTANA; SPAIN;

EID: 85006827065     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.11.010     Document Type: Article

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