Separating the effects of changes in land management and climatic conditions on long-term streamflow trends analyzed for a small catchment in the Loess Plateau region, NW China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1284-1293

  Zhang, Lulu ^a   Podlasly, Christian ^a   Ren, Ye ^b   Feger, Karl Heinz ^a   Wang, Yanhui ^c   Schwärzel, Kai ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Pingliang Institute of Soil and Water Conservation   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Climate change; Soil erosion; Soil management; Water security

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; CLIMATIC WATER BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WATER SECURITY;

AGRONOMY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND MANAGEMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; STREAMFLOW; WATER YIELD;

CHINA; GANSU; LOESS PLATEAU; PINGLIANG;

EID: 84891743444     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9663     Document Type: Article

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