Water yield reduction due to forestation in arid mountainous regions, northwest China

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-430

  Yu, Pengtao ^a   Wang, Yanhui ^a   Wu, Xudong ^b   Dong, Xiaohong ^a   Xiong, Wei ^a   Bu, Gaowa ^b   Wang, Shunli ^c   Wang, Jinye ^d   Liu, Xiande ^c   Xu, Lihong ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Academy of Water Resources Conservation Forests in Qilian Mountains of Gansu Province   (China)

^d GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid region; Forestation; Site scale; Water yield; Watershed scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651443103     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(11)60009-7     Document Type: Article

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