A global review on hydrological responses to forest change across multiple spatial scales: Importance of scale, climate, forest type and hydrological regime

M Zhang, N Liu, R Harper, Q Li, K Liu, X Wei, D Ning… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite extensive studies on hydrological responses to forest cover change in small
watersheds, the hydrological responses to forest change and associated mechanisms …

Forests and water yield: A synthesis of disturbance effects on streamflow and snowpack in western coniferous forests

SA Goeking, DG Tarboton - Journal of Forestry, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In coniferous western forests, recent widespread tree mortality provided
opportunities to test the long-held theory that forest cover loss increases water yield. We …

Forest canopy effects on snow accumulation and ablation: An integrative review of empirical results

A Varhola, NC Coops, M Weiler, RD Moore - Journal of Hydrology, 2010 - Elsevier
The past century has seen significant research comparing snow accumulation and ablation
in forested and open sites. In this review we compile and standardize the results of previous …

Lower forest density enhances snow retention in regions with warmer winters: A global framework developed from plot‐scale observations and modeling

JD Lundquist, SE Dickerson‐Lange… - Water Resources …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Many regions of the world are dependent on snow cover for frost protection and summer
water supplies. These same regions are predominantly forested, with forests highly …

Ecohydrological consequences of drought‐and infestation‐triggered tree die‐off: insights and hypotheses

HD Adams, CH Luce, DD Breshears, CD Allen… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Widespread, rapid, drought‐, and infestation‐triggered tree mortality is
emerging as a phenomenon affecting forests globally and may be linked to increasing …

Increasing wildfire impacts on snowpack in the western US

SK Kampf, D McGrath, MG Sears… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Wildfire area has been increasing in most ecoregions across the western United States,
including snow-dominated regions. These fires modify snow accumulation, ablation, and …

Bark beetle infestation impacts on nutrient cycling, water quality and interdependent hydrological effects

KM Mikkelson, LA Bearup, RM Maxwell, JD Stednick… - Biogeochemistry, 2013 - Springer
Bark beetle populations have drastically increased in magnitude over the last several
decades leading to the largest-scale tree mortality ever recorded from an insect infestation …

Sensitivity of snowmelt hydrology in Marmot Creek, Alberta, to forest cover disturbance

J Pomeroy, X Fang, C Ellis - Hydrological Processes, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A model including slope effects on snow redistribution, interception and energetics was
developed using the Cold Regions Hydrological Model platform, parameterized with …

Multi-variable evaluation of hydrological model predictions for a headwater basin in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

X Fang, JW Pomeroy, CR Ellis… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2013 - hess.copernicus.org
One of the purposes of the Cold Regions Hydrological Modelling platform (CRHM) is to
diagnose inadequacies in the understanding of the hydrological cycle and its simulation. A …

Snowmelt energy balance in a burned forest plot, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

K Burles, S Boon - Hydrological processes, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Forested headwater basins in western North America are subject to major change from
natural and anthropogenic disturbance, including wildfire, insect infestation, disease, and …