The effect of converting a native broad-leaved forest to a coniferous plantation forest on annual water yield: A paired-catchment study in northern Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 880-886

  Komatsu, Hikaru ^a   Kume, Tomonori ^a   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual water yield; Broad leaved forest; Coniferous plantation forest; Evapotranspiration; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL WATER YIELD; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS PLANTATION FOREST; INTERCEPTION LOSS;

FORESTRY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CATCHMENT; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEEDLING; WATER YIELD;

FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; PRECIPITATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 38949172416     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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