Interception of Rainfall in Successional Tropical Dry Forests in Brazil and Costa Rica

Interception of Rainfall in Successional Tropical Dry Forests in Brazil and Costa Rica

Tropical dry forests (TDF) are endangered ecosystems characterized by a matrix of successional forest patches with structural differences across the Neotropics. Until now, there have been few studies that analyze the partitioning of rainfall by forest interception in TDF. To contribute to the unders...

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Main Authors: Julio César Calvo-Alvarado, César Dionisio Jiménez-Rodríguez, Ana Julieta Calvo-Obando, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo, Thiago Gonçalves-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
water fluxes
throughfall
stemflow
secondary forests
Santa Rosa National Park
Mata Seca State Park
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/12/486

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