The forest-streamflow relationship in China: A 40-year retrospect

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1076-1085

  Wei, Xiaohua ^a   Sun, Ge ^b   Liu, Shirong ^c   Jiang, Hong ^d   Zhou, Guoyi ^e   Dai, Limin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Forestation; Harvesting; Hydrology; Paired watersheds; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EARTH SCIENCES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

CHINA; FORESTATION; HYDROLOGY; PAIRED WATERSHEDS;

CONSERVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGY; LOGGING; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; RESTORATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SHEDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 53549089611     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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