A review of paired catchment studies for determining changes in water yield resulting from alterations in vegetation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 310, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 28-61

  Brown, Alice E ^a   Zhang, Lu ^b   McMahon, Thomas A ^a   Western, Andrew W ^a   Vertessy, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow duration curves; Flow regime; Forest hydrology; Land use impacts; Paired catchments; Water yield

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); VEGETATION;

FOREST CONVERSION; LONG TERM ANNUAL CHANGES; WATER YIELDS;

WATER;

AFFORESTATION; DEFORESTATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND USE CHANGE;

CURVES; DEFORESTATION; FORESTATION; PLANTS; WATER;

EID: 20544440853     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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