A comparative analysis of forest cover and catchment water yield relationships in northern China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1189-1198

  Wang, Shuai ^a   Fu, Bo Jie ^a   He, Chan Sheng ^b   Sun, Ge ^c   Gao, Guang Yao ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Forest cover; Northern China; Runoff coefficient; Water yield

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENTARY RELATIONSHIP; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTED AREA; GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LOESS PLATEAU; MESO SCALE; MULTIPLE STEPWISE REGRESSION; NATURAL FORESTS; NORTHEAST CHINA; NORTHERN CHINA; NORTHWEST CHINA; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REGIONAL SCALE; RUNOFF COEFFICIENT; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; WATER YIELD;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

RUNOFF;

ALTITUDE; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIMITING FACTOR; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 79960618483     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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