A Water Yield-Oriented Practical Approach for Multifunctional Forest Management and its Application in Dryland Regions of China

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 689-703

  Wang, Yanhui ^a   Xiong, Wei ^a   Gampe, Stephan ^b   Coles, Neil Andrew ^c   Yu, Pengtao ^a   Xu, Lihong ^a   Zuo, Haijun ^a   Wang, Yunni ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b Bavarian State Forest Administration   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Dryland regions; Forest hydrology; Mountain forests; Multifunctionality; Runoff; Water allocation; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; DRYLAND; FOREST HYDROLOGIES; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; WATER ALLOCATIONS;

REFORESTATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MONTANE FOREST; RUNOFF; STAND STRUCTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER YIELD;

FORESTS; MOUNTAINS; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

EID: 84931097741     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12314     Document Type: Article

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