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Structural changes to forests during regeneration affect water flux partitioning, water ages and hydrological connectivity: Insights from tracer-aided ecohydrological modelling
Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United
Kingdom
Christian Birkel
Department of Geography, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa
Rica
Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United
Kingdom
Marco P. Maneta
Geosciences Department, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Department of Ecohydrology, IGB Leibniz Institute of Freshwater
Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
Department of Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin,
Germany
Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United
Kingdom
Chris Soulsby
Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United
Kingdom
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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.
Structural changes (cover and height of vegetation plus tree canopy characteristics) to forests...
