Vegetation cover—another dominant factor in determining global water resources in forested regions

Global Change Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 786-795

  Wei, Xiaohua ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Mingfang ^b   Giles Hansen, Krysta ^a   Liu, Wenfei ^c   Fan, Houbao ^c   Wang, Yi ^a   Zhou, Guoyi ^d   Piao, Shilong ^e   Liu, Shirong ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^c NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; directional interactions; relative contribution; vegetation cover change; water resources

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; TAIGA; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; TAIGA; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 85041349839     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13983     Document Type: Article

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