Hydrological recovery in two large forested watersheds of southeastern China: the importance of watershed properties in determining hydrological responses to reforestation

Liu, Wenfei; Wei, Xiaohua; Li, Qiang; Fan, Houbao; Duan, Honglang; Wu, Jianping; Giles-Hansen, Krysta; Zhang, Hao

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4747-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4747-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4747-2016

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Articles | Volume 20, issue 12

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01 Dec 2016

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| 01 Dec 2016

Hydrological recovery in two large forested watersheds of southeastern China: the importance of watershed properties in determining hydrological responses to reforestation

Wenfei Liu, Xiaohua Wei, Qiang Li, Houbao Fan, Honglang Duan, Jianping Wu, Krysta Giles-Hansen, and Hao Zhang

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RC1: 'MS No.: hess-2016-327', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Comments on "Hydrological recovery in two large forested watersheds of Southeastern China: importance of watershed property in determining hydrological responses to reforestation". Response to anonymous referee#1', Wenfei Liu, 16 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Manuscript Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Comments on "Hydrological recovery in two large forested watersheds of Southeastern China: importance of watershed property in determining hydrological responses to reforestation". Response to anonymous referee#2', Wenfei Liu, 27 Sep 2016

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (19 Sep 2016) by Lixin Wang

AR by Wenfei Liu on behalf of the Authors (27 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Sep 2016) by Lixin Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Oct 2016)

ED: Publish as is (30 Oct 2016) by Lixin Wang

Short summary

In recent decades, limited research has been conducted to examine the role of watershed properties in hydrological responses in large watersheds. Based on pair-wise comparisons, we conclude that reforestation decreased high flows but increased low flows in the watersheds studied. Hydrological recovery through reforestation is largely dependent on watershed properties when forest change and climate are similar and comparable. This finding has important implications for designing reforestation.