Potential impact of afforestation on water yield in the subalpine region of southwestern China

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1144-1153

  Zhang, Yuandong ^a   Liu, Shirong ^a   Wei, Xiaohua ^b   Liu, Jingtao ^c   Zhang, Guobin ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Shandong Key Laboratory for Eco Environmental Science of Yellow River Delta   (China)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Evapotranspiration; Subalpine forest; Water yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AFFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SUBALPINE FOREST; WATER YIELD;

WATER RESOURCES;

AFFORESTATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER YIELD;

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; FORESTATION; MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 53549131269     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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