Response of flow regimes to deforestation and reforestation in a rain-dominated large watershed of subtropical China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 5003-5015

  Liu, Wenfei ^a   Wei, Xiaohua ^b   Fan, Houbao ^a   Guo, Xiaomin ^c   Liu, Yuanqiu ^c   Zhang, Mingfang ^d   Li, Qiang ^b  

^a NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Flow regimes; High flows; Large watershed; Low flows; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

FLOW REGIMES; FOREST COVER CHANGE; HIGH FLOW; LARGE WATERSHEDS; LOW FLOW; POYANG LAKE BASINS; STREAMFLOW CHANGES; SUBTROPICAL CHINA;

DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LOW FLOW; REFORESTATION; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; JIANGXI; MEIJIANG BASIN; POYANG BASIN;

EID: 84954289223     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10459     Document Type: Article

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