Forest Hydrology and Watershed

• Main Author: Meng, Fan-Rui (auth)
• Other Authors: Li, Qiang (auth), Arain, Altaf (auth), Pisaric, Michael (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: East Asia; climate variability; metals; woody litter; extreme weather events; frequency analysis; relative contribution; streamflow variability; probability distribution; trace metal; climate change; annual streamflow; hydroclimatology; forest disturbances; river discharge; climate warming; Weihe River; non-woody litter; riparian forest; low flow; Central Asia; canopy filtering; flood; SWAT; Chu River; annual water yield; forest hydrology; throughfall; flow regimes; Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.); tree rings; forest floor; reforestation; land-use change; low flows; watershed management; high flow; forest disturbance; subalpine forest; gap-edge canopy; human activities; boreal forest; Tianshan Mountains; closed canopy; groundwater level; fruit tree planting; hydrological model; high flows; cumulative effects; reconstruction; headwater stream; partial least squares (PLS) regression; streamflow
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Hydrological processes in forested watersheds are influenced by environmental, physiological, and biometric factors such as precipitation, radiation, temperature, species type, leaf area, and extent and structure of forest ecosystems. Over the past two centuries, forest coverage and forest structure...