Long-term hydrological response to reforestation in a large watershed in southeastern China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 5573-5582

  Li, Shuo ^a,b   Xu, Ming ^b,c   Sun, Bo ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrological response; Large watershed; Reforestation; Water yield

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ANNUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; FOREST COVER CHANGE; GROUND-BASED MONITORING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LARGE WATERSHEDS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER YIELD;

REFORESTATION;

EID: 84908042815     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10018     Document Type: Article

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