Runoff responses to forest thinning at plot and catchment scales in a headwater catchment draining Japanese cypress forest

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 444-445, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-62

  Dung, Bui Xuan ^a   Gomi, Takashi ^a   Miyata, Shusuke ^b   Sidle, Roy C ^c   Kosugi, Kenichiro ^b   Onda, Yuichi ^d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow duration; Forest thinning; Hydrograph separation; Japanese cypress forest; Runoff responses

Indexed keywords

CYPRESS FOREST; FLOW DURATION; FOREST THINNINGS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; RUNOFF RESPONSE;

FORESTRY; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERCEPTION; RUNOFF; THINNING;

CUPRESSUS; FORESTRY; RUNOFF; THINNING; WATER SUPPLY;

JAPAN;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 84861224868     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.040     Document Type: Article

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