Changes to southern Appalachian water yield and stormflow after loss of a foundation species

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 518-528

  Brantley, Steven T ^a,b   Miniat, Chelcy Ford ^a   Elliott, Katherine J ^a   Laseter, Stephanie H ^a   Vose, James M ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelges tsugae; Flow duration curves; Forest health; Frequency pairing; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Paired watersheds; Storm hydrograph; Tsuga canadensis; Water yield

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; STORMS;

ADELGES TSUGAE; FLOW DURATION CURVE; FOREST HEALTH; FREQUENCY PAIRING; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; HYDROGRAPHS; PAIRED WATERSHEDS; TSUGA CANADENSIS; WATER YIELD;

WATERSHEDS;

TSUGA CANADENSIS; WATER; WATER SHEDS;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; HEXAPODA; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 84928092082     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1521     Document Type: Article

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