Revealing the impact of forest exotic plantations on water yield in large scale watersheds in South-Central Chile

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 162-170

  Little, C ^a,b   Lara, A ^a,b   McPhee, J ^c   Urrutia, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Iniciativa Científica Milenio and Fundación FORECOS   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Land use change; Large watersheds; Native forests; Residual variance; Times series analysis

Indexed keywords

LAND-USE CHANGE; LARGE WATERSHEDS; NATIVE FORESTS; RESIDUAL VARIANCE; TIMES SERIES ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PHOTOMASKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STREAMFLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SATELLITES; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 67650508298     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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