Changes in low flow with the conversion of a coniferous plantation to a broad-leaved forest in a summer precipitation region, Japan

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-172

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

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broad leaved forest; Catchment hydrology; Coniferous plantation; Forest conversion; Low flow; Runoff; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CONIFEROUS PLANTATION; FOREST CONVERSION; LOW FLOW; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RUNOFF; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CATCHMENT; LOW FLOW; PLANTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SUMMER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; PLANTATIONS; RUNOFF; SOFTWOODS; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 70349506117     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.50     Document Type: Article

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