Responses of interrill runoff and erosion rates to vegetation change in southern Arizona

Special issue. Fluvial geomorphology and vegetation

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

PARSONS, A.J.

Department of Geography, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, Royaume-Uni

OSTERKAMP, W.R.

U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ 65745, Etats-Unis

Description :
Vegetation change, from grassland to shrubland, has occurred over much of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts during the past century. The effect of this vegetation change on interrill runoff and erosion was examined by conducting rainfall-simulation experiments on large runoff plots on contemporary grassland and shrubland hillslopes. The environmental change that has led to the vegetation change has been relatively minor, but its geomorphic impact has been substantial.

Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1996, vol. 14, n°. 4, p. 311-317, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 15 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier

Langue :
Anglais