Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
HESS
Articles | Volume 25, issue 9
Articles | Volume 25, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4861-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4861-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 9
Research article
 | 
07 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 07 Sep 2021

Structural changes to forests during regeneration affect water flux partitioning, water ages and hydrological connectivity: Insights from tracer-aided ecohydrological modelling

Aaron J. Neill, Christian Birkel, Marco P. Maneta, Doerthe Tetzlaff, and Chris Soulsby

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4861-2021-supplement

Data sets

Structural changes to forests during regeneration affect water flux partitioning, water ages and hydrological connectivity: Insights from tracer-aided ecohydrological modelling (Files and Python Scripts) Neill, A.J., Birkel, C., Maneta, M.P., Tetzlaff, D., Soulsby, C. https://doi.org/10.20392/045cd572-ecc8-4dfd-b003-c0d0c621510e

Model code and software

EcH2O-iso S. Kuppel, D. Tetzlaff, M. P. Maneta, and C. Soulsby https://bitbucket.org/sylka/ech2o_iso/src/master_2.0/

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Short summary
Structural changes (cover and height of vegetation plus tree canopy characteristics) to forests during regeneration on degraded land affect how water is partitioned between streamflow, groundwater recharge and evapotranspiration. Partitioning most strongly deviates from baseline conditions during earlier stages of regeneration with dense forest, while recovery may be possible as the forest matures and opens out. This has consequences for informing sustainable landscape restoration strategies.
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