Spatiotemporal analysis of the effects of forest covers on water yield in the Western Ghats of peninsular India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 446-447, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-34

  Singh, Sunita ^a   Mishra, Arabinda ^a,b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Canopy density; Forest; Runoff coefficient; Tropics; Water yield

Indexed keywords

CANOPY DENSITY; CANOPY SPECIES; DISTURBED FORESTS; FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST SOILS; FOREST STRUCTURE; FOREST VEGETATION; FUEL WOOD; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; MIXED FORESTS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; NATURAL PROCESS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OPEN FORESTS; PRIMARY FOREST; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SECONDARY FORESTS; SECONDARY VEGETATION; SINGLE POINT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE COVER; TROPICAL FOREST; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES; WATER YIELD;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; HEAVY WATER; LANDFORMS; REVEGETATION; RUNOFF; SOILS; TROPICS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

REFORESTATION;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST COVER; FOREST SOIL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RUNOFF; SECONDARY FOREST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; TROPICAL REGION; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861577021     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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