Effects of aspen harvesting on groundwater recharge and water table dynamics in a subhumid climate

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Carrera Hernandez J J ^a,b   Mendoza, A ^a   Devito, K J ^a   Petrone, R M ^c   Smerdon, B D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; BOREAL PLAIN; CLIMATIC CYCLES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; MOISTURE STORAGE; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; RAINFALL EVENT; RISETIMES; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL TEXTURES; STRONG INTERACTION; SUB-HUMID CLIMATE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIME LAG; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE ELEVATION; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES; WET AND DRY; WET CYCLES;

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HARVESTING; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER;

DECIDUOUS TREE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER TABLE;

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; HARVESTING; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOIL; TEXTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

POPULUS;

EID: 84856886256     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009684     Document Type: Article

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