Streamflow response to headwater reforestation in the Ganaraska River basin, southern Ontario, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3030-3041

  Buttle, J M ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land use change; Low flows; Peak flows; Reforestation; Streamflow; Water yield

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL BASIN; FOREST COVER; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HEAD WATERS; HIGH FLOW; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION; LARGE SIZES; LOW FLOW; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ONTARIO , CANADA; PEAK FLOWS; PRECIPITATION DEPTHS; RAIN-ON-SNOW; RIVER BASINS; SNOWMELT; SUB-BASIN SCALE; SUBBASINS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WATER YIELD;

CATCHMENTS; CONSERVATION; FROZEN SOILS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; RAIN; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

REVEGETATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; HEADWATER; LAND USE CHANGE; LOW FLOW; MICROCLIMATE; RECHARGE; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 80051884764     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8061     Document Type: Article

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