Changes in streamflow regime following vegetation changes from paired catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1561-1573

  Zhao, Fangfang ^a   Xu, Zongxue ^a   Zhang, Lu ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paired catchment studies; Potential evaporation trend; Precipitation trend; Streamflow regime; Streamflow response; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT WATER BALANCE; CHANGE-POINTS; FLOW DURATION CURVE; FLOW REGIMES; MANN-KENDALL TEST; NEW ZEALAND; NON-PARAMETRIC; PAIRED CATCHMENTS; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; RELATIVE REDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STREAMFLOW RECORDS; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER SECURITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

CATCHMENTS;

AFFORESTATION; CATCHMENT; DEFORESTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84860513148     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8266     Document Type: Article

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