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Rainfall Up, Mountain Down?

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Climate and natural disturbances are strongly related. Several studies have shown the strong relationships between precipitation, soil-water content, and landslide occurrence (e.g. Keefer and Johnson 1983; Schwab 1983; Iverson and Major 1987; Bovis and Jones 1992; Schwab 2002).

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  1. Instituto de Ecologia Regional, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, 4107 Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina

    Leonardo Paolini

  2. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales IANIGLA, CCT Mendoza, CONICET C.C. 330, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina

    Ricardo Villalba

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  1. Inst. Geologie, Labor für Dendrogeomorphologie, Universität Bern, Baltzerstr. 1-3, Bern, 3012, Switzerland

    Markus Stoffel

  2. Inst. Geologie, Labor für Dendrogeomorphologie, Universität Bern, Baltzerstr. 1-3, Bern, 3012, Switzerland

    Michelle Bollschweiler

  3. Dept. Geography, Texas State University, University Drive 601, San Marcos, 78666-4616, Texas, USA

    David R. Butler

  4. Dept. Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, N6A 5C2, Ontario, Canada

    Brian H. Luckman

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Paolini, L., Villalba, R. (2010). Rainfall Up, Mountain Down?. In: Stoffel, M., Bollschweiler, M., Butler, D., Luckman, B. (eds) Tree Rings and Natural Hazards. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8736-2_11

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