Forest structure, species traits and rain characteristics influences on horizontal and vertical rainfall partitioning in a semiarid pine-oak forest from Central Mexico

• Published in: Ecohydrology Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 532 - 543
• Main Authors: Pérez-Suárez, M., Arredondo-Moreno, J. T., Huber-Sannwald, E., Serna-Pérez, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Coniferous forests; funnelling ratio; interception; Land use; Litter; litter quality; mixed patches; Pinus cembroides; Plant species; Quercus potosina; Rainfall; runoff; Species composition; stemflow; Surface runoff; Throughfall; water holding capacity; Mexico

ABSTRACT Changes in species composition and abundance driven by land use change may alter canopy and litter characteristics of forests, and thereby modify rainfall redistribution and hydrological processes. To elucidate the interacting effects between tree species traits, forest structure and annual...