The impact of forest use and reforestation on soil hydraulic conductivity in the Western Ghats of India: Implications for surface and sub-surface hydrology

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 47-62

  Bonell, M ^a   Purandara, B K ^b   Venkatesh, B ^b   Krishnaswamy, Jagdish ^c   Acharya, H A K ^d   Singh, U V ^e   Jayakumar, R ^d   Chappell, N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^c ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^d Dept of Agriculture ^*  (China)

^e Karnataka State Forest   (India)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominant stormflow pathways; Forestation; Humid tropics; Hydraulic conductivity; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ACRISOLS; BLACK SOIL; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; CRITICAL FACTORS; DEGRADED FORESTS; DEGRADED SITES; DRY SEASONS; FIELD-SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOREST USE; FORESTATION; HUMAN IMPACT; HUMID TROPICS; KARNATAKA; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LATERITIC SOILS; LIMITED INFORMATION; MIXED FORESTS; MONOCULTURE PLANTATIONS; NEAR-SURFACE; NON-INVASIVE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OVERLAND FLOW; PRODUCTION FORESTS; RAIN EVENTS; RAINFALL; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RED SOILS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SOIL ECOLOGY; SOIL GROUPS; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL TYPES; STORM FLOW; SUB-SURFACES; SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY; SURFACE PERMEABILITY; TECTONA GRANDIS; TIME-SCALES; VERTISOLS; WET SEASON;

DEGRADATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAIN; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; TROPICS;

SOILS;

HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; HUMID TROPICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFILTRATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; LATERITE; NATIVE SPECIES; PERMEABILITY; PLANTATION; RAINFALL; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL TYPE; STAKEHOLDER; TIMESCALE; TRADE-OFF;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; UTTARA KANNADA; WESTERN GHATS;

ACACIA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 77956264915     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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