Increasing annual runoff-broadleaf or coniferous forests?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-318

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

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catchment; ET; Forest type; Interception loss; Runoff; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; BROADLEAF FOREST; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ET; EVERGREEN FORESTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT POLICIES; FOREST TYPE; INTERCEPTION LOSS; NEW ZEALAND; TEMPERATE REGIONS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; FORESTRY POLICY; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; RUNOFF; SOFTWOODS; USA; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78650945312     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7898     Document Type: Article

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