The Budyko models provide a transparent framework for analyzing climate-catchment
interactions and therefore have been widely used to quantify the role of vegetation …

Understanding hydrological effects of ecological restoration (ER) is fundamental to develop
effective measures guiding future ER and to adapt climate change in China's Loess Plateau …

Ecosystem service is an emerging concept that grows to be a hot research area in ecology.
Spatially explicit ecosystem service values are important for ecosystem service …

This guide to estimating daily and monthly actual, potential, reference crop and pan
evaporation covers topics that are of interest to researchers, consulting hydrologists and …

To control the severe soil erosion in the Loess Plateau, China, a great number of soil
conservation measures including terracing, afforestation, and construction of sediment …

The growth of vegetation is affected by water availability, while vegetation growth also feeds
back to influence regional water balance. A better understanding of the relationship between …

Shrubland is a Mediterranean biome characterized by densely growing evergreen shrubs
adapted to fire events. To date, scientific research has focused on the impact of vegetation …

China is facing increased environmental pressures as its economy rapidly develops, with
shortages of water potentially limiting development—especially in its dryer north and west …

Recent changes in hydrological processes and soil erosion in the Loess Plateau, China, are
immediate responses to cropland abandonment for revegetation, which lead to a long-term …

The general relationships between vegetation and water yield under different climatic
regimes are well established at a small watershed scale in the past century. However …