Forest use strategies in watershed management and restoration: application to three small mountain watersheds in Latin America
The effect of forests on flow and flood lamination decreases as the magnitude and intensity of torrential events and the watershed surface increase, thus resulting negligible when extreme events affect large catchments. However the effect of forests is advantageous in case of major events, which occ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/view/221 |