Impacts of forest restoration on water yield: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Filoso, Solange ^a   Bezerra, Maíra Ometto ^a,b,c   Weiss, Katherine C B ^b   Palmer, Margaret A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORESTRY; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REGENERATION; REFORESTATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER SUPPLY; FOREST;

WATER;

FORESTS; WATER;

EID: 85029123394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183210     Document Type: Review

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