A new design of interception trap is presented based on a combination of features ofwindow and Malaise traps. The trap has been developed for study of the canopy faunas of rainforest trees, specifically Argyrodendron actinophyllum. Five such traps have been operated in SE Queensland for a year with catches being removed weekly. Coleoptera, Nematocera, Homoptera and Hymenoptera were the most abu...

Abstract. Rainfall interception loss remains one of the most uncertain fluxes in global water balance, hindering management forested regions and precluding an accurate formulation climate models. Here, a synthesis data from past field experiments conducted worldwide is performed, resulting meta-analysis comprising 166 forest sites 17 agricultural plots. This used to constrain process-based mode...

Estimates of the amount stormwater captured by urban trees have focused on rainfall intercepted leaves and branches, while runoff that flows into a tree pit from surrounding sidewalk has not been well quantified. This study estimated infiltrates first calculating tributary drainage area drains to street pits varying widths slopes. With Manhattan, New York, as case study, used i-Tree software fi...

Given the importance of vegetation cover for hydric balance, present paper aimed to analyze pluviometric dynamics net precipitation and interception process, in forested hillslope Tijuca National Park. The influence by a set independents variables given hydrometeorological (rainfall volume intensity drought context) was discussed face temporal modulation precipitation, coupled spatial compariso...

Ground-based proximal sensing of vineyard features is gaining interest due to its ability to serve in even quite small plots with the advantage of being conducted concurrently with normal vineyard practices (i.e., spraying, pruning or soil tilling) with no dependence upon weather conditions, external services or law-imposed limitations. The purpose of the present work was to test performance of...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS While the climbing habit allows vines to reach well-lit canopy areas with a minimum investment in support biomass, many of them have to survive under the dim understorey light during certain stages of their life cycle. But, if the growth/survival trade-off widely reported for trees hold for climbing plants, they cannot maximize both light-interception efficiency and shade av...

abstract the impact of rainfall and light interception by litter on maintenance of surface soil water content is determined in an arid rangeland in khabr national park in south-east of iran. litter weight sampling is done by 90 square plots, each 1 m2, that are randomly placed within site. after determining the intensity of a typical storm of the region (20 mm/h), the rainfall duration required...