Managing the hydrological impacts of South African plantation forests: An overview

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Dye, Peter ^a   Versfeld, Dirk ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Forest plantations; Hydrological impacts; Legislation; Licensing; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIMBER; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

FOREST PLANTATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LEGISLATION; PLANTATION; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER USE; WATER YIELD;

FORESTS; PLANTATIONS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34948881107     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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