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Throughfall and stemflow measurement in bamboo (Dendrocalmus strictus) plantation

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Title Throughfall and stemflow measurement in bamboo (Dendrocalmus strictus) plantation
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Creator B. Krishna Rao,
R. S. Kurothe,
V. C. Pande
Gopal Kumar
 
Subject Bamboo, Funneling ratio, Interception loss, Measurement, Ravines, Stemflow, Throughfall,
 
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Study of onsite water balance is very important to understand ecosystem response
to global climate change. Measurement or estimation of various hydrological
component processes is necessary for this. Canopy interception losses of rainfall
affect the amount of water reaching the soil in several ways, and are therefore of
relevance to many hydrological investigations. Several authors studied throghfall
and stemflow partitioning in different forest species but it is found difficult to
measure them in grass species like bamboo. Keeping these considerations in view,
an attempt was made to measure the fractions of rainfall as throghfall, stemflow
and interception loss of bamboo plantation in degraded ravine lands under semiarid
climatic condition of Central Gujarat, India. The low cost plastic stemflow
collar with attached raingauge was used to record the stemflow amount and
intensity without involving much manpower and is found economical and simple
than costly and sophisticated instruments. The analysis revealed that the
throughfall varied from 43 to 72%, stemflow varied from 7 to 22% and
interception losses varied from 12 to 50% of the rainfall. The funnelling ratio
varied from 22-91. The high stem flow amount and funnelling ratio of bamboo
plants in comparison to deciduous and coniferous plants makes better rainfall
absorption and hydrologically best suited plantation in degraded ravine lands.
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Date 2020-02-26T09:22:23Z
2020-02-26T09:22:23Z
2012-03-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/33397
 
Language English
 
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