Did annual run-off and low flow decrease with reduced forestry practices in Japan?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2440-2451

  Komatsu, Hikaru ^a   Kume, Tomonori ^b   Shinohara, Yoshinori ^a   Miyazawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coniferous plantations; Forestry; Low flow; Run off; Water yield; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL INVESTMENTS; AVAILABLE WATER; CONIFEROUS PLANTATIONS; FOREST OWNERS; FORESTRY OPERATIONS; FORESTRY PRACTICES; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL TAXES; LOW FLOW; POTENTIAL CHANGE; POTENTIAL RISKS; TIMBER PRODUCTION; TREE AGE; WATER YIELD;

LANDFORMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIMBER; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FORESTRY PRACTICE; LOW FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCE; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

FLUID FLOW; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SHEDS;

JAPAN;

EID: 77955507314     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7657     Document Type: Article

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