The role of peat-forming bofedales in sustaining baseflow in the humid puna
Study region: Humid puna of the Central Andes, Perú Study focus: Bofedales, or peat-forming wetlands, are a characteristic feature of the humid puna - a high elevation, seasonally dry grass- and shrub-land throughout the Central Andes. Despite the hydrologic importance of the humid puna for downstre...
Main Authors: | Wyeth Wunderlich, Margaret Lang, Kristina Keating, Wilner Bandera Perez, Jasper Oshun |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581823000812 |
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