The effect of short-term socio-economic and demographic change on landuse dynamics and its corresponding geomorphic response with relation to water erosion in a tropical mountainous catchment, Ecuador - VANACKER, Veerle; GOVERS, Gerard; BARROS, Sandra; POESEN, Jean; DECKERS, Jozef (Landscape ecology, 2003)
Keywords: Aerial photography; Afforestation; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Catchments; Cultivated lands; Deforestation; Erosion control; Eucalyptus; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Geomorphology; Grasslands; Land degradation; Land reform; Land use; Outlets; Rangelands; River networks; Rivers; Sediment concentration; Sediment load; Soil degradation; Soil erosion; Statistical analysis; Suspended sediments; Trees; Water erosion; South America; Ecuador; Andes; America; Socioeconomic impact; Demography; Geomorphology; Landscape; Mountain; Watershed; Change; Land use; Erosion