Influence of climate, fire severity and forest mortality on predictions of long term streamflow: Potential effect of the 2009 wildfire on Melbourne's water supply catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 488, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Feikema, Paul M ^a   Sherwin, Christopher B ^a   Lane, Patrick N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest; Macaque; Process based modelling; Streamflow; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

EUCALYPTUS FORESTS; FOREST; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; MACAQUE; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; PROCESS-BASED MODELLING; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

ASH; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LIMITING FACTOR; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WILDFIRE;

ANIMALS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; RAIN; RESERVOIRS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUCALYPTUS; MACACA;

EID: 84886086325     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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