Vegetation and erosion : processes and environments

Author(s)

• Thornes, John B.

Bibliographic Information

Vegetation and erosion : processes and environments

edited by J.B. Thornes

（British Geomorphological Research Group symposia series）

J. Wiley, c1990

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Comprising papers presented by the British Geomorphological Research Group in 1988, the primary focus of this monograph is the interaction between the processes of erosion, with particular reference to the role of vegetation, and geomorphology.

Table of Contents

• The agency of organic beings - a selective review of recent work in biomorphology, H.Viles
• aspect, vegetation cover and erosion on semi-arid hillslopes, M.J.Kirkby, K.Atkinson and J.Lockwood
• the interaction of vegetational and erosional dynamics in land degradation - spatial outcomes, J.Thornes
• geomorphic effects of vegetation cover and management - some time and space considerations in prediction of erosion and sediment yield, S.W.Trimble
• recurrence of debris production under coniferous forest, Cascade foothills, Northwest United States, A.Orme
• modelling the effect of vegetation on air flow for application to wind control, R.P.C.Morgan
• the role of simulated vegetation in soil erosion control, R.J.Rickson
• boundary layer under salt marsh vegetation development in tidal currents, J.Pethick, et al
• effects of vegetation on river bank erosion and stability, C.R.Thorne
• the recovery of alluvial streams in response to imposed channel modifications, West Tennessee, U.S.A, A.Simon and C.R.Hupp
• the effects of land use on nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended sediment delivery to streams in a small catchment in southwest England, L.Heathwaite, et al
• the hydrological implications of heath vegetation composition and management in the New Forest, Hampshire, A.M.Gurnell, et al
• impact of agricultural land use changes on soil conditions and drainage, I.Reid, et al
• vegetation patterns in relation to basin hydrogeomorphology, C.R.Hupp
• historic vegetation development and alluvial metallophyte plant communities in the Tyne basin, north-east England, UK, M.G.Macklin and R.S.Smith
• seasonal change in aquatic vegetation and its effects on river channel flow, J.F.Watts and G.D. Watts
• soil erosion and fire in areas of Mediterranean type vegetation - results from chaparral in southern California, USA and matorral in Andalucia, southern Spain, A.G.Brown
• the use of vegetation and land use parameters in modelling catchment sediment yields, D.Mitchell
• vegetation cover density and infiltration patterns On piped alkali sodic soils - implications for modelling of overland flow in semi-arid areas, H.Faulkner
• response of four different Mediterranean vegetation types to runoff and erosion, M.Sala and A.Calvo
• runoff hydrographs from three Mediterranean vegetation cover types, C.F.Francis and J.Thornes
• the influence of lichens on slope processes in some Spanish badlands, R.Alexander and A.Calvo
• spatial distribution patterns of the morphogenetic processes in a semi-arid region, J.C.Giraldez Hidalgo, et al
• (part contents)

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Details

• NCID: BA10563127
• ISBN:
  • 0471926302
• LCCN: 89025010
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chichester ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 518 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GB401.5
  • DC20 : 551.3/02
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Geomorphology
  • LCSH : Erosion
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0704038X