Effects of clear-cutting on annual and seasonal runoff from a boreal forest catchment in eastern Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 482-491

  Ide, Jun'ichiro ^a   Finér, Leena ^a   Laurén, Ari ^a   Piirainen, Sirpa ^a   Launiainen, Samuli ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

CTE; Evapotranspiration; Harvesting; Headwater catchment; Peak runoff; Snow accumulation; TE; Time series

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; CTE; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; OBSERVATION PERIOD; SCOTS PINE SEEDLINGS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TELLURIUM; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY;

RUNOFF;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HARVESTING; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TIME SERIES;

ACCUMULATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PLANTS; RUNOFF; SNOW; TELLURIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84879738075     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.051     Document Type: Article

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